Church at Taos

1941

Alma Lavenson

Associated Names
Alma Lavenson

Artist, American, 1897 - 1989

This grayscale photograph shows an adobe-style doorway with steps leading up to a cross at the top, set against a sky with a few small clouds. There are low walls on either side of the doorway. The adobe texture appears rough and coarse. Behind the central doorway is another wall or building that is in shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.4 × 25.1 cm (7 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 38.1 cm (18 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2026.1.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, 2019); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2026.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in graphite: Alma Lavenson; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 4157.42; upper left printed in black ink on applied paper: (Affix to upper left back of entry) / LABEL / Reg. No. [by unknown hand in graphite: 6360] / (Leave Blank) / FIRST ANNUAL WEST OF THE ROCKIES / PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON / October 29, through November 16, 1941 / Name [by artist in black ink: Alma Lavenson] / Address [by artist in black ink: 58 Wildwood Gardens] / City [by artist in black ink: Piedmont] State [by artist in black ink: Calif.] / Title; upper left printed in orange ink on applied paper: EXHIBITED / 1ST ANNUAL SALON / 1941 / SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART; upper center printed in black ink on applied paper: ALMA LAVENSON / 58 WILDWOOD GARDENS / PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIA / TITLE [by artist in black ink: Church at Taos] / [by unknown hand in graphite: N1941 P 1941]; by unknown hand, center in graphite: ALA / #145

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