Altar Piece, Laguna Pueblo Church
Artist
Ernest Knee
(1907 Montréal, Canada - 1982 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsmat: 14 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (36.8 × 31.8 cm),
image: 9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (24.1 × 17.1 cm)
image: 9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (24.1 × 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Rosser Knee
Object numberPC2021.12.36
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a church altar at the Pueblo of Laguna, located west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The altar is adorned with images of two crucifixes and a sacred heart on its lower panels, beneath a lace tablecloth. Behind the altar are painted images of the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and at center, San José (Saint Joseph). Dedicated to Saint Joseph, the mission was built in 1699 and, unlike other missions of the same period, is constructed of field stone, adobe, mortar, and plaster.On View
Not on view
ca. 1881