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 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (46.1 x 46.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.5

Artwork Details

Title
Summer in the Pueblo
Artist
Date
1931
Location
Dimensions
18 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (46.1 x 46.1 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.

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Frances Lee Turner, Bulloch Hall, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.47
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Artist
Date1934
oil on canvas
Not on view

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