R.F.D. (from the New Mexico Portfolio)
Artist
John S. Candelario
(American, 1916 - 1993)
Date1938 (printed 1943)
Mediumplatinum print, unique
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Support: 16 1/2 × 13 1/8 in. (41.9 × 33.3 cm)
Support (2): 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 16 1/2 × 13 1/8 in. (41.9 × 33.3 cm)
Support (2): 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LinePurchase from the John S. Candelario Estate, 1997
Object number1997.70.15
DescriptionHorse drawn buggy traveling down dirt road away from viewer. Back of buggy painted in white "U.S.MAIL". Man in stripped shirt and dark hat drives buggy. Large umbrella attached to buggy "...SHOES/NOYES-NORMAN SHOE CO...” White clouds.Text Entries
Printed in platinum by artist for 1943 "New Mexico" portfolio title based on wording of portfolio slip sheet.Date per curator, Steve Yates: See Candelario's platinum prints list Number 8, "Taken in 1938"
Man is Cristostomo Martinez, grandfather of Nelson Martinez, Channel 7, Albuquerque newscaster
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Not on viewJohn S. Candelario
1937 (printed 1943)