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Christmas Eve at Taos Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
Christmas Eve at Taos Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
Christmas Eve at Taos Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)

Christmas Eve at Taos Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)

Artist (American, 1909 - 1989)
Date1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (9.2 × 11.7 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1994
Object number1994.77.7
DescriptionImage depicts a religious procession leaving a church on Christmas Eve. Villagers carry out the bulto of the patron saint of the church to a canopy. Firecrackers are bursting in the sky.
eMuseum Notes
This image depicts a procession leaving Taos Pueblo church on Christmas Eve. Luminarias are being lighted along the way while firecrackers are bursting in the sky as used to be done long ago.
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Terms
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    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed September 1994)
    Christmas Eve, Taos Pueblo
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    1939
    The Placita Oratorio in Summer (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    Storm Clouds over the Rio Grande Gorge (from the HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed September 1994)
    Church of Ranchos (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    Redmudding the Ranchos Church (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1959 (printed October, November 1994)
    Mission Church Tower (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    Oratorio in Las Cordovas (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    Chapel of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    Cañon Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November, 1994)
    Placita Chapel or Oratorio (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
    San Geronimo Day at the Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
    Helen Greene Blumenschein
    1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)