Susan Meiselas
6 P.M., U.S. Seen Through Border Fence, Tijuana, Mexico

Fig. 2. Susan Meiselas, "6 P.M., U.S. Seen through Border Fence, Tijuana, Mexico," 1989

© Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos

6 P.M., U.S. Seen Through Border Fence, Tijuana, Mexico
Fig. 2. Susan Meiselas, "6 P.M., U.S. Seen through Border Fence, Tijuana, Mexico," 1989
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 6 P.M., U.S. Seen Through Border Fence, Tijuana, Mexico
Date1989, printed 1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 19 in. (20.2 × 48.3 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 15/16 in. (50.5 × 60.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion and Joe Mundy
Object number98.198.1
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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, New York; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso: "6 pm, US seen through border fence, Tijuana, Mexico, 1989" and signature.

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