On View
Not on viewObject number1977/8.33
Cap Rock Ranch
Maker
Alexandre Hogue
(American, 1898-1994)
Date1945
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionsimage: 7 in. × 11 3/4 in. (17.8 × 29.8 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Cornelia Robinson
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).Label TextRaised in Denton, Texas and primarily self-taught, Alexandre Hogue has been called the “painter of the oil industry and the dust bowl,” subjects which have appeared time and time again in his work. His brutal depiction of the land stripped of its topsoil by plowing and erosion was an important factor in generating support for soil conservation. Cap Rock Ranch, a lyrical representation of the southwestern landscape in which man lives in harmony with nature, suggests a possible alternative to the usual exploitation of the land.
