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 number1982.16.48ac
DescriptionAlbum of snapshots glued to black paper, leather or leather like binding. Recto: a clipping "The Perambulator by Spud Johnson", two photographs of Andrew Dasburg, photograph of Mariana Wister Dasburg, with inscription--her father--Owen Wister, photo of Dasburg holding a dachshund Verso: Gladys Butler seated at a table with a dog on the tabletop. Five other photographs of dogs.eMuseum Notes
Recto: Three photographs of artist Andrew Dasburg and one of his third wife, Mary Channing "Marina" Wister Dasburg, who Wells incorrectly identified as "Mariana." Marina was the daughter of famed author Owen Wister, as noted in the scrapbook by Wells. A newspaper clipping from Spud Johnson's column, "The Perambulator," is pasted below. The column appeared in the short-lived paper, The Santa Fe Plaza.
Verso: A photograph of Gladys Butler and five photographs of dogs.
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