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Roger Shimomura

American Guardian

Maker

Roger Shimomura (American, b. 1939 in Seattle)

Title

American Guardian

Year

2008

Medium

  • Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper

Dimensions

Image: 68.6 x 99.1 cm (27 x 39 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite, recto LL: 38/50; Inscribed in graphite, recto, LC: "American Guardian"; Inscribed in graphite, recto LR:Roger Shimomura 2007; Inscribed in graphite, verso LL: RSH-6-2;

Identification

Edition

38/50

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2014.9.1

Type

  • Work on Paper

Exhibition History

United Histories
Mar 23, 2018 – Aug 12, 2018

Label copy

These two works engage an ongoing debate about how the Constitution is interpreted by American legislative and judicial leaders. Carey Young’s installation defines a physical space where the laws of the United States do not apply. Shimomura’s lithograph depicts a soldier patrolling an internment camp, recalling that the constitutional rights of Japanese American citizens were suspended during and just after World War II. Both works suggest that civil and political rights are largely contingent on the priorities of elected individuals.

[see also: 2009.38]

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Roger Shimomura (American, b. 1939 in Seattle)
American Guardian, 2008
Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Image: 68.6 x 99.1 cm (27 x 39 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2014.9.1

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