Border Monument No. 1

Portfolio TitleMonuments

Artist David Taylor (American, born 1965)

DateJune 11, 2009; printed 2015

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 11 × 14 11/16 inches (27.94 × 37.31 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 17 inches (33.02 × 43.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.25.7.1

Signednone

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "No. 1 "

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 2/4 + 2 A.P.s

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DescriptionOne of 276 views of the United States-Mexico border included in portfolio. Image of stone obelisk with plaque reading "BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION BEWEEN UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 1989" installed in middle of concrete pad next to tree blowing in wind and mountains behind chain link fence.
South view. Common boundary of Chihuahua, New Mexico and Texas near El Paso.
[Geographic Description: South view. Common boundary of Chihuahua, New Mexico and
Texas near El Paso.]Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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