Pueblo--Taos, New Mexico

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a traditional adobe structure with wooden posts and a sign reading "RESTRICTED AREA, PLEASE KEEP OUT, ORDER OF GOV." Beyond the buildings, there are softly blurred hills under an overcast sky. The photograph is in black and white, with various shades of gray creating contrast. Wooden posts and a ladder are in the foreground, leading the eye towards the adobe and fabric-draped constructions in the distance. The ground is uneven with scattered rocks along a pathway through the buildings.
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Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64164591

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