Guardian of the Border
1929
Artist, American, 1890 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
wood engraving in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of P. Frederick Albee in honor of my late wife, Helen P. Albee)
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Dimensions
image: 19.05 × 15.08 cm (7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)
sheet: 29.53 × 22.86 cm (11 5/8 × 9 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3125
More About this Artwork
Article: Art that Represents, and Misrepresents, the US-Mexico Border
How contemporary artists working in El Paso and Juárez counter mainstream narratives of the region.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
P. Frederick Albee (son of the artist), Providence, Rhode Island; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Wikidata ID
Q77009767