Mesas, New Mexico, Along the Rio Grande
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1933
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
Dimensions21 x 28-1/421 x 28-1/4
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.12
DescriptionAbstract landscape. Blue/black ridges across mid-ground of image which resembles mesas. Tan and blue rolling mounds which depicts hills interspersed with green and black spikes as pinons. White background.eMuseum Notes
Cady Wells produced numerous landscapes of northern New Mexico in 1933 as a means of honing his talents. In these watercolors, he attempted to capture the essence of nature using an economy of line and color. He looked to his mentor Andrew Dasburg for inspiration and also attempted to digest the influence of John Marin, who had visited Taos in 1929 and 1930 and left a lasting example. The line of mesas in this watercolor establish an emphatic horizon, creating a point of stability in contrast to the expressive handling of line in the clouds and foreground.
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