Burial Procession - Penitente Ceremonial - Near Taos

Burial Procession - Penitente Ceremonial - Near Taos

In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).

Penitente burial procession at dusk -- long line of people in procession led by officiants with crosses, followed by pallbearers, proceeding over small hills, with adobe buildings and mountain in background.

Bert Geer Phillips

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

ca. 1925

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Phillips, Bert. Burial Procession - Penitente Ceremonial - Near Taos. 01.2083. circa 1925. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01372083 (02/14/2017).

Gilcrease accession number: 01.2083

Oil on canvas

38 1/2 x 44 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (98 x 113 x 5 cm)