Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

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Artist Fritz Kaeser (American, 1919–1990)

Title Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

Series Portfolio Mission

Date Ca. 1942

Medium Gelatin silver print

Dimensions Image: 7 1/4 x 9 5/16 in. (18.4 x 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (21.6 x 27.7 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Fritz Kaeser, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 93.52

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Although modernist photographers preferred the Ranchos de Taos's classic rear view with its simple, bulbous forms, the church's front entrance wasn't completely ignored. Numerous artists, such as Andreas Feininger, Fritz Kaeser, and Douglas Kent Hall, were attracted by the buidling's beautifully carved door lintel, towered facade, and front courtyard. This truncated view as seen from over the courtyard wall was part of Kaeser's decades long Portfolio Mission series, which he began in the 1940s and continued through the 1960s.

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Series Title Portfolio Mission

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"Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=93.52