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Eagle

Artist (1940 - 2006)
Date2003
MediumPolychrome fiberglass
Dimensions55 × 78 × 61 in. (139.7 × 198.1 × 154.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.31
Accession number 2011.31
On View
On view
Provenancethe Artist; to Frank K. Ribelin [1933-2010], TX; to Estate of Frank K. Ribelin, TX, 2010; to (Moody Gallery, Houston, TX); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2011
Label TextBorn in El Paso to a Mexican father and an American mother, Luis Alfonso Jimenez's works often emphasize his Mexican American heritage. Here, a bald eagle stands atop a cactus as a rattlesnake slithers along the back of the work, referencing the national symbol of both the United States and the Mexican flag. Combining scale, color, and pose to achieve a heroic effect, the eagle cuts a menacing profile, fitting for an animal representing the strength of two nations.

Nacido en El Paso, de padre mexicano y madre estadounidense, Luis Alfonso Jimenez a menudo destaca su herencia mexicano estadounidense en sus obras. En esta, un águila calva se posa sobre un nopal mientras una serpiente de cascabel se desliza por la parte posterior de la obra, haciendo referencia al símbolo nacional de Estados Unidos y a la bandera mexicana. Combinado escala, color y pose para lograr un efecto herόico, el águila muestra un perfil amenazador, apropiado para un animal que representa la fuerza de las dos naciones.
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
1983
Vaquero
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
modeled 1980, cast 1987-1988
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
1968
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Luis C. Garza
1971, printed 2022
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Luis C. Garza
1971, printed 2022
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Luis C. Garza
1971, printed 2022
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Luis C. Garza
1971, printed 2022
The Electric EAT
Robert Indiana
1964/2007
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Nancy Graves
1982
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Claes Oldenburg
1975
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
R. Buckminster Fuller
1961, fabricated ca. 1980