A mixed-media watercolor in earthtones of the exterior of an adobe mission church.

La Parroquia, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Richard H. Kern (1821-1853)

Date

1849
Medium

Watercolor heightened with gum glaze over graphite on paper
Object Format

Album
Dimensions

4 x 5 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. in red ink: R H Kern
[Removed and mounted below image in mat] in ink: La Parroquia \ Santa Fe New Mexico \ 1849
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1975.16.9
Copyright

Public domain

The Allure of Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection

July 9–October 9, 2011

This special exhibition showcases one-of-a-kind works on paper never before exhibited together, chronicling the sweeping changes that occurred in American art over the course of nearly 200 years from portraiture and history painting to modernism and abstraction.

Location: Off view

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