First Light (from the series Puye Cliff Dwelling, New Mexico)
Artist
Barbara Kasten
(American, born 1936)
Date1990
Mediumsilver-dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kasten in honor of Joyce Peters, 2014
Object number2014.15.3
DescriptionBrick and mortar structures in disrepair in foreground, tallest part of structure at right with ladder leading up to it, New Mexico landscape in the background.eMuseum Notes
During a 1990 visit to the Puye Cliff Dwellings in northern New Mexico, ancestral home to the people of Santa Clara Pueblo, the artist was inspired to make a series of photographs to evoke her experience of the spirituality of the place and to honor Native Americans, as well as the ancestors of all peoples.
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Patrick Nagatani
1988-89