Rio Grande, Taos, New Mexico (from the series Four Corners)
Artist
Debra S. Bloomfield
(American, born 1952)
Date1990 (printed 2011)
Mediumarchival pigment print, mounted to Dibond
DimensionsImage: 18 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (47.6 × 47.9 cm)
Frame: 28 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (71.8 × 70.5 × 4.8 cm)
Support: 25 1/8 × 25 5/8 in. (63.8 × 65.1 cm)
Frame: 28 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (71.8 × 70.5 × 4.8 cm)
Support: 25 1/8 × 25 5/8 in. (63.8 × 65.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineJane Reese Williams Collection, Gift of Debra Bloomfield, 2012
Object number2012.18
DescriptionRio Grande River near Taos is the central subject matter, cutting up through center of composition with canyon walls to left and right. Mountains are in background with a small margin of sky above them at top of picture.eMuseum Notes
Bloomfield’s photograph centers on the Rio Grande, a silvery thread of river that cuts through the treacherous, rocky terrain near Taos, New Mexico, and cleaves her composition nearly in half. Using the line of the water almost like a tear in the paper, the artist emphasizes the untamed, ancient powers of nature.
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