Adobe (from the Reflexiones del Corazon portfolio)
Artist
Miguel A. Gandert
(American, born 1956)
Printer
Bill Lagattuta
(American, born 1950)
Publisher
Tamarind Institute
(founded 1970)
Date1992
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsMat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Image (1): 3 × 7 1/4 in. (7.6 × 18.4 cm)
Image (2): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image: 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (3): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (4): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (5): 5 × 7 1/2 in. (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Image (1): 3 × 7 1/4 in. (7.6 × 18.4 cm)
Image (2): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image: 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (3): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (4): 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm)
Image (5): 5 × 7 1/2 in. (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Tamarind Institute, 1993
Object number1993.67.1o
DescriptionFive separate images emphasizing the use of adobe in New Mexico. The top image features an old (1940s) pickup truck and a barn. The second image features a lone pitched roof house with a large triangular hill behind it. The left image features the raw dirt used for adobe; a shovel lays on top. The right image is a set of hands working in the dirt. The bottom image is a close up of an adobe wall that has a crack running through it at center.eMuseum Notes
In New Mexico, traditional architecture is uniquely in tune with the environment through the building material of adobe, dried mud brick, combining the natural elements of earth, water, and sun. Sustainable, efficient, and steeped in history, this method of using the earth itself creates a regional style of building that appears to rise naturally out of the earth. Miguel Gandert’s print offers a series of reflections on adobe, showing both the labor involved in making the material and an appreciation of its cracked and textured surface.
On View
Not on view
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