Lonesome Dove
On view March 25 – June 25, 2022
Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum
Temple, Texas
www.templerrhm.org
“Lonesome Dove”—Larry McMurtry’s epic novel of two aging Texas Rangers who drive a herd of stolen cattle 2,500 miles from the Rio Grande to Montana to establish the first ranch there—captured the public imagination and has never let it go. The “Lonesome Dove” miniseries, which first aired on CBS in 1989, lassoed an even wider audience.
Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove exhibition presents classic images taken during filming by Bill Wittliff, renowned photographer, writer, and executive producer (with Suzanne De Passe) of “Lonesome Dove.” The images, however, are worlds apart from ordinary production stills, depicting an extraordinary union of art, literature, and history.
Exhibit Credit:
“Lonesome Dove” is an exhibition produced by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
[Image: Gus and Call on the Mesa, © 1988, Bill Wittliff]
