mesa
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Settlements and Landscapes\landscapes (environments)\natural landscapes\landforms and landform components\landforms\landforms by shape or position\landforms by shape or position: upward\
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Article "Exhibition of Western Paintings by W. R. Leigh" at the Grand Central Art Galleries, early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.6
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed] EXHIBITION OF WESTERN PAINTINGS BY W. R. LEIGH On Tuesday, January 11, the Grand Central Art Galleries, 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, will open a large one-man show of recent works by William R. Leigh, who is the one living member of that trio of great American artists — the other two being of course Remington and Charles Russell — who have achieved fame as delineators of the...
Dates:
early 20th century
List of Leigh's paintings organized by the types of sky compiled by Mrs. A. Connett, early 20th century
Item — Folder 499: [Barcode: 127.499]
Identifier: 5327.526.1-.9
Description
Folder 499 Transcript (DCI) [at top right of page in pencil it is noted “This list compiled by Mrs. A. Connett, Sec’y to WRL.”CUMULUS CLOUDS1. Coming Shower — Arizona2. Rain Cloud — Arizona3. Desert Shower — Arizona4. Clouds Over The Rockies — Wyoming5. Polacca, Arizona — First Mesa6. El Capitain — Kayenta, Arizona7. Distant Showers — Ganado,...
Dates:
early 20th century
Ruth climbing to Mesa, 1916
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.7650.12
Description
Black and white photograph of Indian woman, Ruth, climbing a mesa and carrying a load on her back. She is barefoot and looking at the camera. Photograph is part of the album TU2009.39.7650. A collection of pictures taken when Charles M. Russell and Nancy C. Russell join Howard Eaton on a six week trip to Arizona. They departed on September 9, 1916 to see the Grand Canyon and visit the Navajo and Hopi country.
Dates:
1916
"Zuni Baking Day", early 20th century
Item — Folder 437: [Barcode: 127.437]
Identifier: 5327.534
Description
Folder 437 Transcript (DCI) [single page document typed on lined note paper]ZUNI BAKING DAYThe Zuni maiden bakes excellent bread in her oven. We call it a Dutch oven, but the Zunis have had this type of oven [illegible - 2 words crossed out] as far back as the white man’s knowledge of them goes. Her costume is her adaptation from the whites. The peton hanging down her back is purely ornamental. The buckskin wrappings...
Dates:
early 20th century