San Domingo Pueblo

Gustave Baumann

From the second edition, for which printing began around 1932. He rearranged the order in which the five colors were printed to create a cooler palette, and a marked difference shows in the sharpness of the figures and the delineation of the pueblo. Notes Chamberlain, 'Santo Domingo Pueblo, the largest pueblo in New Mexico, is located about 30 miles southwest of Santa Fe. Its Keres-speaking inhabitants celebrate the pueblo's Feast Day and Corn Dance every August.'

Baumann writes in a letter to Jane, "I was certainly wishing you down at Domingo Wednesday last to see and feel its Corn Dance. Strange how one can see it again and again and get a thrill out of it. We waited until the last Dance when both Kivas are on together - then I visited my old friend Diego Lobato. He is head Koshare but has been ill for over a year. It was rather touching, when I left he gave me a ring." - p. 295, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann