Enchanted Mesa, Acoma, New Mexico

1900

Frederick Monsen

Associated Names
Frederick Monsen

Artist, American, 1865 - 1929

The image shows a sepia-toned view of a pueblo village from an elevated perspective. There are flat-roofed adobe houses with wooden ladders leaning against the walls. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, meeting the sky with scattered clouds. A flat-topped mesa stands prominently in the background. The terrain looks arid and rugged with some vegetation, leading towards distant mesas and plateaus. The color palette is warm with sepia tones, creating an antique atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 33.02 × 57.15 cm (13 × 22 1/2 in.)
    mount 1: 38.1 × 59.69 cm (15 × 23 1/2 in.)
    mount 2: 55.25 × 71.12 cm (21 3/4 × 28 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.112

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 27 April 1992; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in image in graphite: F.I. Monsen.; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: Acoma, New Mexico / showing Enchanted Mesa / in distance / $9,000

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