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Bert Geer Phillips, Our Washerwoman’s Family – New Mexico, 1918, oil on canvas, 40 ½ x 41 5/8 i…
Our Washerwoman's Family - New Mexico
Bert Geer Phillips, Our Washerwoman’s Family – New Mexico, 1918, oil on canvas, 40 ½ x 41 5/8 i…
Bert Geer Phillips, Our Washerwoman’s Family – New Mexico, 1918, oil on canvas, 40 ½ x 41 5/8 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Governor and Mrs. Arthur Seligman, before 1930 (537.23P). Photo by Cameron Gay.

Our Washerwoman's Family - New Mexico

Artist (American, 1868 - 1956)
Datecirca 1918
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 40 1/2 × 41 5/8 in. (102.9 × 105.7 cm)
Frame: 49 7/16 × 51 1/8 × 2 in. (125.6 × 129.9 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Governor and Mrs. Arthur Seligman, before 1930
Object number537.23P
DescriptionFour people sitting on a green bench under a portal (Tomas and Guadalupe Barela and family). Old woman is dressed in black holding a large basket filled with white cloth. Old man sits next to her with hands resting on a walking stick. Young woman on left is wearing a large black shawl over her head and sits with hands in lap next to a young girl with hat and pink sweater.
On View
Not on view
Terms
  • families
  • elderly
  • children (people by age group)
  • canes
  • benches
  • exterior
  • headdresses
  • laundry baskets
  • sheets (bed coverings)
  • hats
  • robes
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