Summer in the Pueblo

Dorothy Brett, Summer in the Pueblo, 1931, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.5
Dorothy Brett, Summer in the Pueblo, 1931, oil on canvas, 18 1818 18 in. (46.146.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.5

Artwork Details

Title
Summer in the Pueblo
Date
1931
Dimensions
18 1818 18 in. (46.146.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arvin Gottlieb
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female
  • Landscape — season — summer
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — pueblo
Object Number
1991.205.5

Artwork Description

London native Dorothy Brett was a prominent figure in the Taos art world of the 1930s. She had traveled there in 1924 with British writer D. H. Lawrence and his wife and decided to make it her home. Summer in the Pueblo is a fast study that captures the impact of brilliant fabrics against the dun-colored sand of southwestern cliffs.

Works by this artist (1 item)

Zedekiah Belknap, Portrait of a Woman, first half of 19th century, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.99
Portrait of a Woman
Datefirst half of 19th century
oil on canvas
Not on view

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