Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

1846 California Becomes an Independent Republic

Artist Anton Refregier (American, born Russia, 1905 - 1979)

Datec. 1941-1948

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensions10 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (27.3 x 51.4 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineFrom the collection of Dr. August and L. Tommie Freundlich

Object number2010.44.76

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DescriptionThree men in the foreground hold rifles/guns and hoist the California state flag on a flagpole with the Mexican flag lying on the ground; in the distance, men wearing sombrero-style hats raise their arms at gunpoint of other men holding long guns; the scene takes place in a courtyard. Study for Rincon Post Office Annex Murals.