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Highway 485

Allen Tucker

n.d.

Highway 485 by Allen Tucker

Medium

Graphic Arts-Print

Classification

Graphic Arts-Print

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Allen Tucker Memorial

Accession Number

1966.34.9

Tags

U.S. 485highwaysign

Art Historical Context

**Highway 485** by Allen Tucker invites visitors to the Smithsonian American Art Museum to pause and reflect on the visual poetry of America's roadways. This undated graphic arts print, generously gifted through the Allen Tucker Memorial Collection centers on the bold signage of U.S. Route 485—a humble yet iconic marker of the expanding U.S. highway network Captured in stark, declarative lines, the image distills the essence of travel and direction, evoking the open roads that defined early 20th-century American mobility. As a graphic arts print, Tucker's work showcases the medium's power for...

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