Artist:

Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, born Alton, NY 1889-died Santa Fe, NM 1977  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 7/8 x 32 in. (65.8 x 81.2 cm.)

Type:

Painting

Luce Center Label:

Cyrus Baldridge and his companion, Caroline Singer, first traveled to the American West in the 1920s. They settled in Santa Fe in 1952 after Baldridge retired from commercial illustration. White Sands captures the sweep of New Mexico’s high desert country with only a few stylized forms. The natural formation---two hundred and seventy-five square miles of gypsum sand in the Tularosa basin of southern New Mexico---reminded Baldridge of the deserts of Asia, which he and Caroline had seen during the 1920s and 1930s.

Topic:

Landscape\mountain  Search this

Western  Search this

Landscape\desert  Search this

Landscape\season\summer  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Cyrus Leroy Baldridge

Object number:

1977.79

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 32B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7de8799f5-ab16-4e7a-8e94-0893a18d2272

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1977.79