ART IN NEW MEXICO, 1900-1945—Paths to Taos and Santa Fe

• Charles C. Eldredge, Julie Schimmel, William H. Truettner
• National Museum of American Art - Smithsonian Institution
• Hardcover with slip jacket, first edition, 1986. 227 pages, beautifully illustrated
• Published for the exhibition of the same name.

Contents

• Introduction—Beyond the Picturesque
• Chapter 1. Science and Sentiment: Indian Images at the Turn of the Century
• Chapter 2. From Salon to Pueblo: The First Generation
• Chapter 3. The Art of Pueblo Life
• Chapter 4. The Hispanic Southwest
• Chapter 5. The Faraway Nearby: New Mexico and the Modern Landscape
• Chronology
• Artist’s Biographies

Since the 1920s, the art of Taos and Santa Fe has never fallen from favor.  Interest in the American West and the peculiar mystique of the Southwest helped to sustain a market for these images even when, in subsequent decades, American collectors were more interested in the succession of abstract styles that issued from New York and other urban centers.  By the 1960s, however, the pendulum had swung again, as historians and collectors cast a discerning eye toward earlier periods, seeking images that represented a more traditional American character.

• Date Published: Hardcover with slip jacket, first edition, 1986
• Subject: New Mexico
• Size: 227 pages, beautifully illustrated 

Condition:

Faded Jacket on Spine & Front Cover

Size:
1 Hardcover Book