Eagle and Snake II, Luis Alfonso Jimenez; Lawrence Lithography Workshop

Artwork Overview

1940–2006
Lawrence Lithography Workshop, printer and publisher
active 2001–present
Eagle and Snake II, 2008
Where object was made: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Material/technique: lithograph
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 727 x 980 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 28 5/8 x 38 9/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 858 x 1095 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 33 3/4 x 43 1/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 39 x 49 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2009.0130
Not on display

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Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

Mexico’s coat of arms includes a golden eagle devouring a snake, which refers to the legend that the Aztec peoples determined the location for the city Tenochtitlan once they saw an eagle eating a snake at Lake Texcoco. Luis Alfonso Jiménez represents this epic battle between an eagle—also evocative of America’s bald eagle— and a snake to portray the U.S./Mexico border where the outcome of border and immigration conflicts are undetermined.

Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

Mexico’s coat of arms includes a golden eagle devouring a snake, which refers to the legend that the Aztec peoples determined the location for the city Tenochtitlan once they saw an eagle eating a snake at Lake Texcoco. Luis Alfonso Jiménez represents this epic battle between an eagle—also evocative of America’s bald eagle— and a snake to portray the U.S./Mexico border where the outcome of border and immigration conflicts are undetermined.

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