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Adobe Pond
Adobe Pond
Adobe Pond

Adobe Pond

Artist (American, 1903 - 1978)
Datecirca 1942
Mediumtempera on board
DimensionsImage: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Support: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number752.23P
DescriptionA pond in center image with rows of adobes in front of the pond with a couple standing in the pond holding shovels, woman is pouring mud into mold; man back is to viewer holding his shovel. A house sits on top of a hill in the center background with a hay loft to right of image, mountains in the background with sky.
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Drying 'Dobes
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Tamping the Roof
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Plastering
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Cutting Vigas
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Laying 'Dobes
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Laying Vigas
Manville Chapman
circa 1942
Bethesda Health Resort
H. H. Bennett
1897
Mountain Pool
Gustave Baumann
1921