1. ERNEST KNEE Cordova, NM Dog In Road, Man Sitting Ca. 1940 7.5x9.5 in. Gelatin Silver Print Silver ASG# EK/1014 Back of print in Knee's hand Cordova

2. ERNEST KNEE Arroyo, Hills Northern, NM Ca.1940 7.5x9.5 in. Gelatin Silver Print ASG# EK/1016 Arroyo in pencil verso in unknown hand

Ernest Knee (1907-1982) made wonderful landscape, classic village and church scenes of the Hispano villages of Northern New Mexico in the late 1930s and 1940s and was well regarded by artists including Edward Weston. Montreal born he moved to New Mexico in 1931 as a Tuberculosis patient, recovered and took up photography and moving film. He was briefly married to the painter Gina Knee. He became Howard Hughes personal photographer during World War II. In 1975 Andrew Smith renewed his acquaintance with Knee and worked with him to include his work in The New Mexico Portfolio Santa Fe, Center of the Eye Photography Collaborative. These prints were acquired directly from the artist in 1976 by Andrew Smith Gallery.

Excellent minor wear