Breath of the Dead
Artist
Barbara Kasten
(American, born 1936)
Date1990
MediumSilver-dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (22.2 × 16.5 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kasten in honor of Joyce Peters, 2014
Object number2014.15.2
DescriptionAbstract image, difficult to identify specific elements but possibly the interior of a kiva, mostly blue composition with section of red at top left, yellow/green area highlighted at lower left.eMuseum Notes
During a 1990 visit to the Puye Cliff Dwellings in northern New Mexico, ancestral home to the people of Santa Clara Pueblo, the artist was inspired to make a series of photographs to evoke her experience of the spirituality of the place and to honor Native Americans, as well as the ancestors of all peoples.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- cliffs
- ancestors
- religion
- pueblos (housing complexes)
- kivas
- ladders
- colors
- Pueblo
- rituals (events)
circa 1960
Barbara Van Cleve
Dec. 24, 1982
