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Thomas Joshua Cooper
“Erasure”—The Beginning of Conquest and Destruction, Native America Loses the European Cultural Battle—The Gulf of Mexico, Playa de Chalchihuecan, Veracruz, Mexico One of the several proposed Mexican landing sites for Hernan Cortes' invading Spanish army. Here began the conquest of Mexico and the destruction of Monteczuma II and the Aztec Empire, February 1519.2007, printed 2017

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Artist or Maker
Thomas Joshua Cooper
United States, born 1946
Title
“Erasure”—The Beginning of Conquest and Destruction, Native America Loses the European Cultural Battle—The Gulf of Mexico, Playa de Chalchihuecan, Veracruz, Mexico One of the several proposed Mexican landing sites for Hernan Cortes' invading Spanish army. Here began the conquest of Mexico and the destruction of Monteczuma II and the Aztec Empire, February 1519.
Date Made
2007, printed 2017
Medium
Selenium-toned chlorobromide gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Secondary support: 40 × 54 in. (101.6 × 137.16 cm) Frame: 41 × 55 in. (104.14 × 139.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lannan Foundation
Accession Number
M.2020.82.41
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography