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Taos Church

1930s

Alfred Wands

Associated Names

Alfred Wands

Artist, American, 1904 - 1998

The image shows a church in a rural landscape. The church has a central steeple with a cross on top, a tall triangular roof, rounded windows, and is surrounded by rolling hills. The sky above is filled with swirling clouds. The overall color scheme is black and white. Two figures are standing in the foreground, looking towards the church. In the distance, other buildings are partly hidden by shadows.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 32.2 × 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 43.3 × 27.8 cm (17 1/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4926

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 47/100 Taos Church; lower right in graphite: Alfred Wands

Wikidata ID

Q76441577

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