<em>The Artistic Import of Taos,</em> a lecture by Davison Packard Koenig at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Artistic+Import+of+Taos%3A+1900%E2%80%931950%0D%0Aan+illustrated+lecture+by+DAVISON+PACKARD+KOENIG%2C+Executive+Director+%26+Curator%2C+Couse-Sharp+Historic+Site%2C+Taos%0D%0A%0D%0AFirst+in+a+lecture+series+focusing+on+the+traveling+exhibition+New+Beginnings%3A+An+American+Story+of+Romantics+and+Modernists+in+the+West%2C+at+the+Harwood+Museum+May+7%E2%80%93Sept+25%2C+2022%0D%0A%0D%0ASpecial+thanks+to%3A%0D%0ATia+Collection%0D%0AHarwood+Museum+of+Art%0D%0AThe+Lunder+Research+Center+at+Couse-Sharp+Historic+Site">The Artistic Import of Taos: 1900–1950
an illustrated lecture by DAVISON PACKARD KOENIG, Executive Director & Curator, Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos
First in a lecture series focusing on the traveling exhibition New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West, at the Harwood Museum May 7–Sept 25, 2022
Special thanks to:
Tia Collection
Harwood Museum of Art
The Lunder Research Center at Couse-Sharp Historic Site</a>
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Taos, New Mexico, USA
</a>
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Abiqui
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drawing+of+Abiqui%2C+NM.">Drawing of Abiqui, NM.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.166
Acoma
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Undated">Undated</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.177
Council Chamber, Taos
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=In+the+collection+of+the+Thomas+Gilcrease+Institute+of+American+history+and+Art+%28Tulsa%2C+OK%29.">In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Taos+Pueblo+scene+featuring+council+chamber+at+center+with+large+wooden+poles+stretching+to+top+of+image%2C+foreground+of+sloping+earth%2C+background+of+sunset%2F+sunrise+colored+sky.">Taos Pueblo scene featuring council chamber at center with large wooden poles stretching to top of image, foreground of sloping earth, background of sunset/ sunrise colored sky.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Joseph+Henry+Sharp">Joseph Henry Sharp</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gift+of+the+Thomas+Gilcrease+Foundation%2C+1964.">Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1964.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=early+20th+century">early 20th century</a>
Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Council Chamber, Taos. 0137.35. early 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, <a href="https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/013735">https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/013735</a> (03/06/2018).
Gilcrease accession number: 0137.35
Four Male Heads
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=4+male+heads.+Top%3A+profile+of+a+man+with+cap%3B+bottom+right%3A+older+man+with+hat%2C+pipe+and+beard%3B+bottom+left%3A+larger%0D%0Ahead+of+young+man+with+hat+and+mustache.">4 male heads. Top: profile of a man with cap; bottom right: older man with hat, pipe and beard; bottom left: larger
head of young man with hat and mustache.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Undated">Undated</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.32
Indians of Middle West for Murals of Missouri State Capital (11)
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=line+sketch+of+a+horse+and+rider">line sketch of a horse and rider</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=circa+1924">circa 1924</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1644BJ.23D
Mounted Figure on animated Horse
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Figure+leaning+back+on+horse%2C+horse%27s+nose+is+in+the+air.">Figure leaning back on horse, horse's nose is in the air.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.125
Navajos Playing Monte
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Four+Native+Americans+sitting+or+kneeling+around+a+monte+board%2C+man+at+right+has+his+right+arm+outstretched+over+the+monte+board%3B+man+standing+at+left+of+group+and+two+men+standing+at+right+bending+over+watching+the+game.">Four Native Americans sitting or kneeling around a monte board, man at right has his right arm outstretched over the monte board; man standing at left of group and two men standing at right bending over watching the game.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Undated">Undated</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.51
New Mexico Dunes
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=In+the+collection+of+the+Fred+Jones+Jr.+Museum+of+Art+%28University+of+Oklahoma%2C+Norman%2C+OK%29.">In the collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK).</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sand+dune+in+foreground+with+trees+in+background.">Sand dune in foreground with trees in background.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=W.+Herbert+Dunton">W. Herbert Dunton</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Purchase%2C+Richard+H.+and+Adeline+J.+Fleischaker+Collection%2C+1996.%0D%0A">Purchase, Richard H. and Adeline J. Fleischaker Collection, 1996.
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=undated">undated</a>
Image courtesy of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.
Fred Jones Jr. catalog number: 1996.017.039
Noah, Taos Pueblo
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<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=41&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Taos+pueblo%2C+with+mountains+in+background%2C+wooden+structure+on+left.">Taos pueblo, with mountains in background, wooden structure on left.</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ernest+L.+Blumenschein">Ernest L. Blumenschein</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Undated">Undated</a>
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NMMoA catalog number: 1985.507.163