Cliffs at Ghost Ranch
Artist
Polly Schaafsma
(American, born 1935)
Date1978
MediumInk and watercolor
Dimensions16 3/4 x 14 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Helen G. Blumenschein
Object number4066.23P
DescriptionSparingly sketched hills defined by light lines of brown, accented with washes of orange, blue and purple.eMuseum Notes
Polly Dix Schaafsma is best known as an archaeologist and has published widely on rock art in the American Southwest. This watercolor of Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico depicts the prismatic geological formations using a spare, descriptive line and light washes of color. The general absence of color in the watercolor suggests that location may be Plaza Blanca or what Georgia O'Keeffe called the White Place.
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