Photographic Scrapbook of Taos, I
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1936-1945
MediumGelatin silver prints, paper, leather, glue
Dimensions9 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (22.9 x 39.4 x 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsBook
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.48d
DescriptionAlbum of snapshots glued to black paper, leather or leather like binding. Recto: Three photographs, one of a gateway, one of people in a flowering garden reading or sewing, one of a two story adobe home from a distance. Verso: Four photographs of a home, three snapshots, one of an outdoor stairway to a second floor portal on an adobe building.eMuseum Notes
Recto: Three photographs of Mabel Dodge Luhan's house, Los Gallos. The back of Maurice Sterne's wood sculpture of Pedro Mirabel can be seen on the gate leading to St. Teresa's House on the property.
Verso: Five photographs of an unidentified location, one of which includes Irene Kelly Wells and Channing McGregory Wells.
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