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M. CIRICI "SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS" ORIGINAL PHOTO
Mireya Cirici Signed "San Francisco de Asis" Original Photograph. Signed "Mireya Cirici '02". SAN FRANCISCO DE ASISRanchos de Taos, NM Located where the Camino Alto (High Road) descends upon the Rio Grande valley, the mission of Saint Francis of Assissi is one of the most beautiful adobe buildings in the Southwest. It is also one of the most painted and photographed buildings in America. The Spaniards had farmed this area since the1700's and established a permanent settlement in 1813, the church being completed two years later. The beauty of the Taos landscape and the aliveness of the Pueblo and Hispanic cultures soon attracted to the area thefirst artists and at the turn of the century (1898) Taos became a famous art colony. Since then countless artists and writers have moved or traveled there, and all of them have been challenged by the graceful, sculptural

Very fine. See images.