New Mexico Southwest - WPA 1940s Silver-Gelatin Photograph
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Silver-gelatin photograph on double-weight mat stock. Unsigned, photographer unidentified, but numbered, lower right in the image, "N.M.-10802" (possibly a WPA number). Unframed. Not matted.
Beginning in the late 1930s, the Farmers Security Administration and other New Deal Agencies undertook the task of documenting American life. As part of this effort, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Dorthea Lange and Jack Delano, along with other photographers, captured images of New Mexico's past. Ansel Adams made a similar image, only without a figure, in 1938.
SIZE : 11" x 14"
PROVENANCE: Monterey, California collection.
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