Taos Landscape
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1933
Mediumwatercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 15 1/8 × 21 in. (38.4 × 53.3 cm)
Support: 15 3/8 × 22 5/16 in. (39.1 × 56.7 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Support: 15 3/8 × 22 5/16 in. (39.1 × 56.7 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.37a
DescriptionAbstract landscape done in rust, brown, beige and olive green colors on white background. A mountain range dominates the foreground and is flanked by rolling tan clouds above.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 energetic line in this watercolor reveals the influence of Marin and the "warring, pushing, pulling forces" he perceived in nature and represented through a complicated intersection of lines.
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