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Fray Angelico Chavez
Fray Angelico Chavez
Fray Angelico Chavez

Fray Angelico Chavez

Photographer (1924 Lexington, Kentucky - 2000 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1960
Mediumchromogenic transparency
Dimensions4 9/16 × 3 11/16 in. (11.7 × 9.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.323
DescriptionFray Angelico Chavez stands beside an altar in a church in Golden, New Mexico. He is wearing a dark priest's tunic with a rope belt at his waist and a dark cape fastened around his shoulders. He stands with his arms crossed over his chest and looks at the camera. The altar is wooden and painted white and gold. A wooden figure stands on top of the altar and holds a wooden crucifix in its right hand. A rosary is draped over the figure's left arm.
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