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Paul Burlin, The Sacristan of Trampas, 1918, oil on canvas, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. Collection of t…
The Sacristan of Trampas
Paul Burlin, The Sacristan of Trampas, 1918, oil on canvas, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. Collection of t…
Paul Burlin, The Sacristan of Trampas, 1918, oil on canvas, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Museum purchase, before 1922 (118.23P) Photo by Blair Clark

The Sacristan of Trampas

Artist (American, 1886 - 1969)
Date1918
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (59.1 x 49.5 cm)
Support: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Frame: 29 x 25 1/2 in. (73.7 x 64.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase, before 1922
Object number118.23P
DescriptionHead and shoulder portrait of older man with white beard and moustache, he wears white shirt with black vest. A priest in vestments stands in distance off man's left shoulder. Tall green hillor shrub in right background.
Text Entries
Note: EL PALACIO, Vol. X, #13-14, p.15. Painting exhibited in Salt Lake City in 1921. Artist was in New Mexico 1915-1920.
The original cardboard backing was removed from the painting prior to going on display in the 2019 exhibition Picturing Passion. The original backing board had labels affixed to it which were removed before it was disposed of. The removed labels are now stored in the Accession file.
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