An Arch for the West Etching Alongside the Communists and the

Alongside the Communists and the Postmodernists

the monumental sixteenth-century

which feels accurate

of America for the 250th anniversary of the United

and full of inside references

An Arch for the West Etching Alongside the Communists and the2026 Unframed. Pigment print on etching paper. Edition of 100. An Arch for the West was conceived in early 2025 as a contemporary response to The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I, the monumental sixteenth century woodcut commissioned by the Holy Roman Emperor and executed by artists including Albrecht Drer, Hans Burgkmair, and Albrecht Altdorfer. Created as an assertion of political and cultural unity, it offered a visual account of history, power, and