Pueblo Indian standing outside the underground kiva, New Mexico
Series TitleThe Rediscovery of America: Our Real Americans
Artist
Edward M. Newman
(American, 1870 - 1953)
Dateca. 1920
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 9 1/8 inches (17.62 × 23.19 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 7/16 inches (18.42 × 23.93 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 7/16 inches (18.42 × 23.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.79
Signednone
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, on white label, in blue type with black pen: “20281 [crossed out / VV / 3860 / A Real American. At the Kiva of one of the pre Historic / cliff dwellers. This council chamber is subtarnean [sic], the / entrance being the small rectangular opening directly / behind the figure. It is situated four hundred feet / above the level of the valley. It can only be reached by / ladders.”
MarkingsOn sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "20281";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “26IK,IP”;
On sheet verso, center, in black pencil: “281”;
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “VV3860”.
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DescriptionImage of a standing figure whose body is wrapped in an American flag. The figure is high above a valley in front of a small opening in the ground where a ladder emerges and leads to a rough cliff face.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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