About the Artwork
American Guardian
2007
Roger Shimomura (Artist) American, born 1939 Aaron Shipps (Printer) American Jesse Baker (Printer) American Michael Sims (Printer) American Will Burnip (Printer) American The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (Publisher) Lawrence, kansas
Lithograph printed in color ink on white wove paper
Image: 27 × 39 inches (68.6 × 99.1 cm) Sheet: 31 5/8 × 43 1/4 inches (80.3 × 109.9 cm)
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Museum Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund
2011.91
Copyright Roger Shimomura
Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: ROGER SHIMOMURA 2007
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: "AMERICAN GUARDIAN" Inscribed, lower left: 14/50 Inscribed, lower left corner, verso, above the drystamp: 25H-06-2
Drystamp, lower right corner: Lawrence Lithography Workshop Watermark: RIVES
Provenance
(Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
2011-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Copyright Roger Shimomura
Roger Shimomura, American Guardian, 2007, lithograph printed in color ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund, 2011.91.
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