Crossing into America from Mexico, Laredo, Texas
Artist
Peter Turnley
(American, born 1955)
CultureAmerican
Date2006
MediumArchival pigment print
Dimensions20 x 24 inches
SignedIt is signed on recto in ink and signed and dated on verso in pencil.
Credit LineGift of Peter Veritas
Object number2020.36.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a color photograph that depicts an adult and child holding hands and walking across a landscape with a concrete structure behind them. It is an archival pigment print that measures 20 x 24 inches. It is signed on recto in ink and signed and dated on verso in pencil. ProvenanceIn September 2020, Seth Feman, deputy director for art and interpretation and curator of photography, received a message from Matt Coote of Summit Art Advisory, LLC, about the possibility of receiving a donation of photographs. Coote shared a link to preview several options, which Feman reviewed with Director Erik Neil. Twenty-four works were selected, including these.