The Sand Mines of Tetelpa
1942 · Tempera on board
22 1/4 x 18" (56.5 x 45.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Juan O'Gorman
Mexican, 1905
PrintmakingExpressionismStreet Art
Representation
None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
3
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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- • Expressionism
- • Street Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Mexican Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Latin American Architecture Since 1945
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945–1946
About
Why this artist matters now
Juan O'Gorman was a Mexican architect and painter who pioneered the integration of monumental muralism with functionalist building design in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Working across architecture, painting, and mosaic, he developed a distinctive visual language that merged pre-Columbian motifs with modernist forms, creating public structures that served as vessels for nationalist and social messaging. His practice bridged the Mexican muralist tradition and international modernism, establishing a model for socially engaged architectural practice that extended from the 1930s through the postwar period.
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Printmaking
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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