New Mexico Landscape
New Mexico Landscape
Artist
Marsden Hartley
(1877 - 1943)
Date1919
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions16 3/4 x 27 1/2 in. (42.5 x 69.9 cm)
Framed: 18 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (46.7 x 73.3 x 3.5 cm)
Framed: 18 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (46.7 x 73.3 x 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedl.r., in image: Marsden / Hartley / 1919
Accession number
ASC.2012.36
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextRolling hills, outlined in black, tower over a humble cemetery. Crosses and tombstones mark individual graves, though the landscape appears empty of any buildings, paths, or other signs of human activity. Marsden Hartley, an outsider to the Taos Pueblo and the Southwest in general, drew this scene during his 1918–1919 excursion to Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He revisited this composition over the years, manipulating the colors of the hills and the density of the sky.
Unas colinas ondulantes perfiladas en negro se elevan sobre un humilde cementerio. Algunas tumbas están señaladas con cruces y lápidas, aunque el paisaje parece vacío de edificios, caminos u otros signos de actividad humana. Marsden Hartley, ajeno al pueblo de Taos y al suroeste en general, dibujó esta escena durante su excursión de 1918 a 1919 a Taos y Santa Fe en Nuevo México. A lo largo de los años, volvió a examinar esta composición, manipulando los colores de las colinas y la densidad del cielo.
