Religious Encounters in the New World

Marten de Vos; Maarten de Vos
Allegorical Representation of 'America'
pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper
4 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in (12.54 cm x 12.54 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ⅜ in (48.89 cm x 36.51 cm)
Museum Purchase
Peter Maverick
Bookplate: N.Y. Society Library
engraving on paper

The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Ansel Adams
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
gelatin silver print on paper
15 9/16 in x 19 1/2 in (39.53 cm x 49.53 cm);26 1/4 in x 32 1/4 in (66.68 cm x 81.92 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 71.44 cm)
Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.
Photograph of field with wild flowers. Church is visible in background. Dark, thick clouds loom overhead.<br /><br />
Eva Caston 2017
Elliott Erwitt
Church at Wounded Knee, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( 40.7 cm x 50.7 cm )
Gift of Gerald Lotenberg
This photograph depicts a desert landscape with a craggy rock formation rising in the far distance in the central portion of the horizon. A dirt road extends through the foreground. The top half of the image depicts a vast, cloudless sky in tones of blue and pink.
Richard Misrach
Shiprock Triptych #2
cibachrome print on paper
8 1/16 in x 10 1/16 in (20.48 cm x 25.56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
A small female figure stands in the foreground, surrounded by people wearing animal costumes resembling sheep and buffalo.
George Biddle
Buffalo Dance No. 1
lithograph on paper
12 15/16 in x 20 1/8 in (32.86 cm x 51.12 cm);22 1/16 in x 17 15/16 in (56.04 cm x 45.56 cm)
Museum Purchase
Gustave Baumann
Hopi Corn
color woodcut on paper
18 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (46.2 x 42.5 cm);18 5/16 x 16 13/16 x 1 3/16 in. (46.36 x 42.55 x 2.9 cm)
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
A photograph of a landscape with a small round structure, made with a frame and cloth cover. The structure is in the lower right foreground. In the mid-ground is a rocky landscape with large, grassy hills in the background.
Edward S. Curtis
Nez Percé Sweat-Lodge
photogravure on paper
9 3/16 in x 12 in (23.34 cm x 30.48 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
This is a portrait of an aging man in an outdoor landscape. He holds a large, carved wooden staff, which portrays an eagle at the top, and other faces and forms throughout the design. He wears an embroidered cloth draped over his body, a hat, and jewelry.
Edward S. Curtis
Hămaska in Tlŭ'wŭláḣŭ Costume with Speaker's Staff - Qágyuhl
photogravure on paper
22 1/16 in x 17 5/8 in (56.1 cm x 44.8 cm);24 1/8 in x 20 1/8 in (61.28 cm x 51.12 cm)
Gift of Stephen M. Taylor
This photograph depicts an aerial view of an earth work of a human figure encased by the shape of a pentagon.
Marilyn Bridges
Ha-ak, Blythe Site #1, Blythe, CA
gelatin silver print on paper
20 in x 24 in (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
Columbian
Saint
oil on panel
8 ⅜ in x 5 ⅞ in x 7/16 in (21.27 cm x 14.92 cm x 1.11 cm)
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Horace M. Miner
Mexican; Zapotec
Seated figure
ceramic
7 1/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in (17.94 cm x 12.38 cm x 11.43 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern

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Americas — by seth@whirl-i-gig.com (February 13 2017 @ 12:54 pm)
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