Art, literature & historyClowns (Payasos)
1944
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching, drypoint and aquatint on wove buff paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 26.7 × 21.2 cm (10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 44.2 × 29.3 cm (17 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2012.92.585
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Clowns (Payasos) — José Clemente Orozco. 1944.
Medium: etching, drypoint and aquatint on wove buff paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 26.7 × 21.2 cm (10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 44.2 × 29.3 cm (17 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.92.585. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.