Luis Jiménez
Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)

Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)

© Estate of Luis A. Jimenez, Jr. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)
Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)
Date1989
Made inUnited States
MediumFiberglass with urethane finish, edition 5/5
Dimensions127 × 34 × 54 in. (322.6 × 86.4 × 137.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.1758
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 3
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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; Frank Ribelin; [McClain Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on back of sculpture, at base: Cruzando el Rio Bravo Luis Jimenez '89 S Dedicada a mi padre-cruzaran en 1922

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