Bill Wittliff
Lonesome Dove, (Crossing the Rio Grande), Del Rio

Lonesome Dove, (Crossing the Rio Grande), Del Rio
Lonesome Dove, (Crossing the Rio Grande), Del Rio
Lonesome Dove, (Crossing the Rio Grande), Del Rio
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lonesome Dove, (Crossing the Rio Grande), Del Rio
Date1988
PlaceDel Rio, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 22 7/8 in. (29.2 × 58.2 cm)
 Sheet: 20 1/16 × 23 15/16 in. (51 × 60.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in honor of Peter R. Coneway at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object number97.466
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[John Cleary Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In pencil, verso: "Lonesome Dove - Del Rio - 1988."
The photograph is signed in pencil, under image. There is a red ink stamp, verso: "Wittliff."

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