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New Mexico Sunrise
New Mexico Sunrise
New Mexico Sunrise

New Mexico Sunrise

Artist (American)
Artist (American)
Artist (American)
Artist (American)
Artist (American)
Date2009
Mediumrosewood, mahogany, spruce, holly, ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, red coral, turquoise, abalone, silver, gold
DimensionsGuitar: 5 x 41 x 16 in. (12.7 x 104.1 x 40.6 cm)
Case: 7 x 45 x 18 1/2 in. (17.8 x 114.3 x 47 cm)
ClassificationsMusical Instrument
Credit LineGift of the Pimentel & Sons Guitar Makers, Inc., 2011
Object number2011.1
DescriptionPimentel cutaway steel string acoustic guitar with case. Instrument is a one-off with design elements that will only exist on this guitar. This instrument was designed and made by Pimentel in Albuquerque New Mexico and the guitar itself (not the design) was declared the state guitar by Senate Bill 52 of the 49th Legislature. See notes for full list of design elements
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Not on view
Sandia Preparatory School
Laura Gilpin
1936-1941
Musicians At A Square Dance, Pie Town, New Mexico
Russell Lee
June 1940 (printed 1990)
Pie Town
Russell Lee
1940
Untitled (Necklace)
Laura Gilpin
n.d.
Pie Town, NM
Russell Lee
1940 (printed 1990)
Musicians, Chilil,  Huistan
Gertrude Duby Blom
1952
Untitled (Hot Tomales (sic))
Willard F. Clark
early 20th-late 20th Century
Bo Didley
Eli Levin
1966
Nude with Guitar
Eli Levin
n.d.
The Guitarist
Joseph Amadeus Fleck
n.d.
Etna Wiswall, Fiesta Booth, circa 1935, watercolor, 17 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. On long term loan to th…
Etna Wiswall
c. 1935
Bert Geer Phillips, Three Musicians of the Baile, circa 1920 – 1921, oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 42…
Bert Geer Phillips
circa 1920 - 1921