Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado, 1878, watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.244,358
William Henry Holmes, Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado, 1878, watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 13 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄8 in. (34.9 x 23.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.244,358
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Artwork Details

Title
Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado
Artist
Date
1878
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄8 in. (34.9 x 23.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Landscape — river — Rio Mancos
  • Figure male — full length
  • Landscape — canyon
  • Landscape — Colorado
  • Indian
Object Number
1985.66.244,358
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.244,358

Works by this artist (4 items)

Sandra C. Fernández, La virgen de Quito apareció en Austin, 2011, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Gilberto Cárdenas Latino Collection, 2012.40.2, © 2011, Sandra C. Fernández
La virgen de Quito apareció en Austin
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Date2011
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Mojándose II (Crossing), 2015, etching, relief, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.2, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Mojándose II (Crossing)
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Date2015
etching, relief, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Mourning and Dreaming High: con mucha fé, 2014-2018, lithography, thread drawings, milagros, collage, pages of an 18th-century book, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.1A-S, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Mourning and Dreaming High: con mucha fé
Artist
Date2014-2018
lithography, thread drawings, milagros, collage, pages of an 18th-century book
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Cruzado (Settled In), 2015, etching, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.3, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Cruzado (Settled In)
Artist
Date2015
etching, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper
Not on view

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