Paul Strand

St. Francis Church, Rancho de Taos, New Mexico
1931, printed 1976–1977

A sepia-toned photograph of a large adobe structure with thick walls and rounded edges under a dramatic cloudy sky. The building has a smooth, plastered exterior and features a large, arched entrance without a door. The ground appears to be dry and sandy, indicative of a desert environment. The photo has a border, suggesting it is a print.

A sepia-toned photograph of a large adobe structure with thick walls and rounded edges under a dramatic cloudy sky. The building has a smooth, plastered exterior and features a large, arched entrance without a door. The ground appears to be dry and sandy, indicative of a desert environment. The photo has a border, suggesting it is a print.

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Date
1931, printed 1976–1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Palladium print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/16in. (19.2 × 23 cm) Image: 6 3/4 × 8 9/16in. (17.2 × 21.8 cm)

Accession number
91.102.4

Edition
24/100

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael E. Hoffman in honor of Sondra Gilman

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/7844

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Paul Strand
9 works in the collection

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