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Artists›José Chávez Morado

José Chávez Morado

José Chávez Morado

1909

WA-00026566

Painting

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

34

Works in Collection

87

Assets Indexed

8

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1709105 ULAN500078548

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Gallery Generic· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jose-chavez-morado
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1084
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (34)

Guanajuato from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)

Guanajuato from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing

composition (irreg.): 19 11/16 × 16 7/16" (50 × 41.7 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 3/4" (75.6 × 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Giant Leaves (Hojas gigantes)

Giant Leaves (Hojas gigantes)

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 13 11/16 x 16 7/16" (34.7 x 41.7cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 22 7/8" (44.3 x 58.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Skirmish (El Choque)

The Skirmish (El Choque)

1945 · Wood engraving

Sheet 12 1/2 x 19" (31.7 x 48.2 cm) Comp. 10 9/16 x 16 9/16" (26.8 x 42.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Broadside against presidential candidate Almazan (fold-out in-text plate, folio 13 verso) from LA HOJA EDUCATIVA ILUSTRADA

1944 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 19 3/8" (29.3 x 49.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campesino de Guanajuato... (Farmer from Guanajuato....) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1942 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 6 11/16 x 7 13/16" (17 x 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campesino de Jalisco... (Farmer from Jalisco...) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1942 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 7 x 7 7/8" (17.8 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campesino de Puebla... (Farmer from Puebla...) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1942 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 7 7/8" (17.2 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campesino de Coahuila... (Farmer from Coahuila...) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1942 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 6 7/8 x 7 7/8" (17.4 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

General Staff (Estado Mayor)

General Staff (Estado Mayor)

1941 · Lithograph

composition: 6 5/8 x 8 1/2" (16.9 x 21.6cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 5/8" (24 x 32.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Construction

1940 · Wood engraving

composition: 3 1/2 x 4 7/16" (8.9 x 11.2cm); sheet: 5 7/16 x 6 5/16" (13.8 x 16.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tragedy at Five O'Clock (Tragedia a la Cinco)

Tragedy at Five O'Clock (Tragedia a la Cinco)

1940 · Woodcut

composition: 12 1/4 x 14 7/8" (31.1 x 37.8cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 18 15/16" (37.6 x 48.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Three Dancers (Los tres danzantes)

The Three Dancers (Los tres danzantes)

1940 · Lithograph

Sheet 19 5/8 x 25 1/2" (49.8 x 64.8 cm) Comp. 12 1/4 x 17 1/4" (31.1 x 43.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

50,000 Meals Served (50,000 Cubiertos)

50,000 Meals Served (50,000 Cubiertos)

1939 · Lithograph

composition (without letters): 12 3/8 x 17 5/16" (31.4 x 44 cm); sheet: 25 1/8 x 19 1/2" (63.8 x 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Let's All Burn Judas! (¡Todos a tronar Judas!)

Let's All Burn Judas! (¡Todos a tronar Judas!)

1939 · Lithograph

Comp. 15 5/8 x 23 1/16" (39.8 x 58.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fascism, 6th Lecture: Fascism in Latin America (El Fascismo, 6a conferencia: El Fascimo en Latino-América)

Fascism, 6th Lecture: Fascism in Latin America (El Fascismo, 6a conferencia: El Fascimo en Latino-América)

1939 · Lithograph and letterpress

composition: 12 5/16 x 17 1/4" (31.2 x 43.8cm); sheet: 18 1/4 x 26 5/8" (46.4 x 67.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ballad of the Street Cars (Corrido de los Tranvias)

Ballad of the Street Cars (Corrido de los Tranvias)

1939 · Linoleum cut

composition: 6 x 8 13/16" (15.3 x 22.4cm); sheet: 17 1/8 x 13 3/16" (43.5 x 33.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Judas" effigy (El Judas)

"Judas" effigy (El Judas)

1939 · Lithograph

composition: 11 5/8 x 6 5/16" (29.6 x 16.1cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 1/2" (42 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Repose (Reposo)

Repose (Reposo)

1939 · Lithograph

composition: 17 7/8 x 14 3/4" (45.4 x 37.5cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 11/16" (64.9 x 50cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Coin Swallower (El Tragaquintos)

The Coin Swallower (El Tragaquintos)

1939 · Linoleum cut

composition: 5 11/16 x 8 9/16" (14.5 x 21.8cm); sheet: 7 9/16 x 9 1/8" (19.2 x 23.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

¡Todos a tronar Judas! A todos esos que se aprovechen del hambre del pueblo y a todos los que los defienden, tales como Amaro... Almazán... Portes Gil... y los periódicos... hijos de los Gringos, amos del dólar. ¡Vamos a quemarlos hoy!

¡Todos a tronar Judas! A todos esos que se aprovechen del hambre del pueblo y a todos los que los defienden, tales como Amaro... Almazán... Portes Gil... y los periódicos... hijos de los Gringos, amos del dólar. ¡Vamos a quemarlos hoy!

1939 · Lithograph

composition: 15 11/16 x 23 5/8" (39.8 x 60 cm); sheet: 18 5/8 x 27 9/16" (47.3 x 70 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Corrido de los tranvías (Ballad of the Streetcars) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular], Broadside: BALLAD OF THE STREETCARS (fold-out in-text plate, folio 9 verso) from LA HOJA EDUCATIVA ILUSTRADA

1939 · Photolithographic reproduction of linoleum cut from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 6 x 10 1/8" (15.3 x 25.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Peasants (Campesinos)

Peasants (Campesinos)

1938 · Lithograph

composition: 8 1/2 x 6 5/16" (21.6 x 16.1cm); sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 7/8" (23.4 x 17.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Los cañones de los fusiles de la reacción . . . (The Barrels of the Reaction’s Guns . . .) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1938 · Photolithographic reproduction of linoleum cut from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 5 1/2 x 7 13/16" (14 x 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Unidad en tus filas (Unity in Your Ranks) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1938 · Photolithographic reproduction of wood engraving from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 5 x 5 7/8" (12.8 x 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

34 published of 81 catalogued · 60 with image

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34 publishedof 68 catalogued47 img
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Record

Images

Artsy artwork: Ancianas (1967)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1978)

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Artsy artwork: Encuentro (Unknown)

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Artsy artwork: S/T | Untitled (1962)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Untitled (1968)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Relationships

2

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago