Terry Allen was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1943 and raised in Lubbock, Texas. The lithographs, titled Positions on the Desert, relate to a body of work about Juarez, Mexico, which Allen began in 1975.  The work incorporates a story by Allen with four characters--Sailor, Alice, Chic, and Jabo--and it involves their experiences and interactions in Juarez.He developed these lithographs over the course of his career. Positions in the Desert join a series of six lithographs and is presented as one work. It incor porates photographic images and excerpts from the Juarez lyrics. Much of the writing and images continue from one print to the next.

Source: News, July August 1995.