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 number1982.16.48z
DescriptionAlbum of snapshots glued to black paper, leather or leather like binding. Recto: five photographs of men, variously labeled "Gilbert Adrian, Adrian's friend." Verso: two photographs, one clipping entitled, "Adrian," one photo of Mabel, Adrian, Robinson, one photo missing labeled “the Brights", one photo labeled: "O'Keeffe, Johnny Hare & ?" The photo shows Georgia O'Keeffe and Rebecca Strand seated on either side of a young man.eMuseum Notes
Recto: Three photographs of Adrian (Gilbert Adrian, aka Adrian Adolph Greenberg) and a photograph of Adrian with an unidentified friend.
Verso: A newspaper clipping on Adrian (Gilbert Adrian, aka Adrian Adolph Greenberg), a photograph of Adrian, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Robinson Jeffers labeled "The Brights," and a photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe, Johnny Hare, and Rebecca Salsbury Strand James.
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