Lechuguilla stalk and Yucca flower, Trans-Pecos, West Texas, March

James Prosek (b. 1975)

Date

2023
Object Type

Drawings
Medium

Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Inscriptions

Third from top image inscription:
Sheet, recto:
l.l. in graphite: Castilleja mexicana Mexican Indian Paintbrush / Bull Grass Muhlenbergia / emersleyi / ocatillo Seminole Canyon / trans Pecos west Texas
l.r. in graphite: Texas Filaree [sic] / Erodium texanum / Asclepias scaposa / milkweed / independence creek south of Sheffield / Yucca flower like a severed head / collecting specimen / is violent, pruning is violent gardening is violent / naming is violent / like script in another language it is a word in another / language we can / buy it but we can't speak / it.
Bottom image inscription:
Sheet, recto:
lower edge in graphite: Agave lechuguilla, Lancaster Hill, Pecos / River bluffs / James Prosek [underlined] March-June / 2023
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

2024.29
Copyright

© James Prosek

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