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Etching on paper, an artist's proof by Gene Kloss, “Courtyard in Chimayó,” 1973
Courtyard in Chimayó
Etching on paper, an artist's proof by Gene Kloss, “Courtyard in Chimayó,” 1973
Etching on paper, an artist's proof by Gene Kloss, “Courtyard in Chimayó,” 1973

Courtyard in Chimayó

Artist (American, 1903 - 1996)
Date1973
MediumEtching on paper, artist's proof
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 9 in. (18.7 × 22.9 cm)
Support: 9 × 10 1/2 in. (22.9 × 26.7 cm)
Mat: 13 × 14 1/8 in. (33 × 35.9 cm)
Frame: 14 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 1/2 in. (35.9 × 39.1 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrinting and Print-Making Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Charmay Allred
Object number2021.6.1
DescriptionArtist's proof of a courtyard scene. A large tree at the right of the print obscures part of a small adobe home on the left. The corner of another adobe structure peaks out from under the tree on the right and from behind the tree's trunk. Two horno ovens appear in front of the building on the left. Small male and female figures are depicted carrying buckets, trays, working by the hornos and resting under the tree. Fences and vegetation surround with mesas in the top left horizon.
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