Alex Webb
West Texas

West Texas

© Alex Webb|Magnum Photos

West Texas
West Texas
ArtistAmerican, born 1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • West Texas
Date1975
Place depictedTexas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (15.9 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cherie and James C. Flores at "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object number2014.845
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Made while photographing small towns along the U.S.-Mexico border in 1975, this photograph was one of the last Webb took before switching to color photography. His time along the border, with its unique terrain, culture, and politics, brought Webb to the personal realization that, “The world is a complex place  and there are great dangers when you start looking at everything in terms purely of  black and white.”



ProvenanceThe artist; [Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, 2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: West Texas, 1975
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: 76-49-7/22 (?)
Inscribed in graphite, verso, right edge: 620.093.3.14
Signed in graphite, verso, lower right: A Webb 2 [in a circle]

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