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Henrietta Shore, <em>Sentinels</em>, 20th century, Lithograph, 14 x 10 in. The Buck Collection at UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Henrietta Shore, Sentinels, 20th century, Lithograph, 14 x 10 in. The Buck Collection at UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art

Sentinels

Henrietta Shore

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Musings | Monthly Muse July 2022

As a research librarian for visual arts, I was intrigued by this lithograph from an artist I had yet to encounter. After doing some research, I felt an immediate kinship with Henrietta Shore—a Canadian expat who left for the Golden State in her early 30s, just as I did. These cacti may be literal in their form and rendering, but they also spark something more imaginative—tall sentinels, as the title suggests, keeping guard, thriving, blooming, and sprawling upwards. I sense the intense heat and the dry air in the expansive, cloudless sky. As each year passes, they extend their roots more firmly, more confidently. I feel akin to these magnificent plant forms, and I think the artist that created them did, too.

Jenna DuFour
Research Librarian for Visual Arts, UCI Libraries

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Langson IMCA’s ongoing collections research continues to provide new information, which will result in updates, revisions, and enhancements to object records. At the time of publication image credits are reviewed by Langson IMCA’s curatorial staff and reflect the most current information the museum has in its database but may be incomplete.