Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
| Artist | Fritz Kaeser (American, 1919–1990) |
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| 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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This image represents a stucco church against a dark background, represented from behind a stone barrier in the foreground. A man wearing a hat is visible beyond the stone barrier at the bottom center of the image.
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.
| 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, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=93.52