Artist
David TaylorAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Monuments: 276 Views of the United States–Mexico Border
Date2007–2015, printed 2017
MediumInkjet prints
DimensionsImage (each): 11 × 14 11/16 in. (27.9 × 37.3 cm)
Sheet (each): 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm)
Sheet (each): 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2017.225.1-.276
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
markers that delineate the 690 miles of U.S.-Mexico border that stretches from
the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean, crossing valleys and mountains and cutting
through cities and towns. Some of the 19th-century obelisk markers stand
alongside tall steel and concrete barriers; others next to simple cattle
fences, strings of barbed wire, or dirt roads; and still others in open countryside.
Little could Taylor have imagined at the outset that, as his project reached
completion, the territory he photographed would be so fraught with political,
economic, and social tension.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Rick Wester Fine Art, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Frontier/Frontera," Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefiield, Connecticut, 2009.
"Working the Line," New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, 2010; Ballroom Marfa/Crowley Theater, Marfa, Texas, 2010; El Paso Museum of Art, 2011.
"276 Views of the United States - Mexico Border," Colorado Canter for Photographic Arts, Denver, 2013.
"Working the Line," David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Boston, 2013.
"Monuments and DeLIMITations," Nevada Musuem of Art, Reno, 2015.
"Here and Abroad: Photographs by David Taylor," Phoenix Art Museum, May 28–October 16, 2016. (Different set).
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 6, 2017–February 4, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[numbered on the verso of each print]
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