Navajo Church, near Fort Wingate, Arizona Territory
Artist
William Henry Jackson
(American, 1843 - 1942)
Dateca. 1880
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 21 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (53.98 × 42.86 cm)
Mount: 21 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (53.98 × 42.86 cm)
Mount: 21 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (53.98 × 42.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.204
Signednone
InscribedOn image recto, bottom, printed in negative: "1063. NAVAJO CHURCH, NEAR FORT WING A.T./ W.H. JACKSON & CO. DENVER."
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "WHJ / 1697"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a layered rock formation high above a dry landscape filled with spindly shrubs; a small dog reclines in the lower right corner.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
This rugged landscape was located near Gallup, New Mexico. Western photographers sought vantage points to emphasize or highlight noted natural features such as this.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1873
2005.27.248
