Bert Geer Phillips, artist, Taos, 1932
Item Overview
- Title
- Bert Geer Phillips, artist, Taos, 1932
- Photographer
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961
- Date Created
- 1932
- Date
- 1932
- Collection
- Connell (Will) Papers
Notes
- Description
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Bert Geer Phillips was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He was the first artist to permanently settle in Taos, New Mexico (1898) and is considered to be the founder of the Taos art colony. He is known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Half-length photographic portrait of Taos colony artist Bert Geer Phillips, wearing a pith helmet, Indian style suede jacket with fringe on the collar and sleeves, and holding a rifle.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Phillips, Bert Geer, 1868-1956
- Location
- New Mexico--Taos
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Artists--American--New Mexico--Taos
Artist colonies--New Mexico--Taos
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_893_0465
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h2rnn
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.