Ernest Knee Photographs of 726 Camino del Monte Sol, Santa Fe (NM)
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2008-003
Scope and Content
The collection consists of seven black and white photographs of interior and exterior views of 726 Camino del Monte Sol, Santa Fe, NM. This residence was built circa 1935 for Dr. Dwight W. Rife in the Spanish-Pueblo style. John Gaw Meem was the architect. Photographs, credited to Ernest Knee, are mounted on matte board. These photographs were used in Architectural Forum.
Dates
- 20th century
Creator
- Knee, Ernest, 1907-1982 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
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Biographical Information
Ernest Knee (1907-1982) was born in Montreal, Canada. He contracted rheumatic fever at age 11, and tuberculosis a few years later. He and his mother relocated to Tucson so he could recover. His mother returned to Canada circa 1930. Ernest had met Virginia Schaufer, who was an artist, and would become his wife. In 1931, Ernest and Virginia moved to Camino del Monte Sol in Santa Fe, NM. They became part of the Santa Fe artist community and friends with many of the artists who often visited Santa Fe (Edward Weston, Gustave Baumann, Ansel Adams, Cinco Pintures, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Georgia O’Keeffe). Knee was seduced by New Mexico’s architecture, culture, traditions, and landscape. He photographed prodigiously.
Knee moved to California during the war, where he created a photography department for Howard Hughes. Knee moved back to Santa Fe in 1949. The market for photography had declined by then, so he put his woodworking skills to use, establishing the Spanish Pueblo Doors company in downtown Santa Fe (1950-1970). After selling the business, he returned to photography. He set up a darkroom, printed, and exhibited his photographs from earlier years. Knee's photographs have been acquired and exhibited at major museums across the country including the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Princeton University of Art, Princeton, NJ; New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; University of New Mexico, NM; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Chicago Art Institute.
Sources: Obscura Gallery website
Knee, Dana. Ernest Knee in New Mexico. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005.
Knee moved to California during the war, where he created a photography department for Howard Hughes. Knee moved back to Santa Fe in 1949. The market for photography had declined by then, so he put his woodworking skills to use, establishing the Spanish Pueblo Doors company in downtown Santa Fe (1950-1970). After selling the business, he returned to photography. He set up a darkroom, printed, and exhibited his photographs from earlier years. Knee's photographs have been acquired and exhibited at major museums across the country including the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Princeton University of Art, Princeton, NJ; New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; University of New Mexico, NM; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Chicago Art Institute.
Sources: Obscura Gallery website
Knee, Dana. Ernest Knee in New Mexico. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005.
Extent
7 items (1 box) : 7 mounted photographic prints ; 13 x 15 in.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Seven black and white photographs of interior and exterior views of 726 Camino del Monte Sol, Santa Fe, NM. The residence was built circa 1937 in the Spanish-Pueblo style. Photographs, credited to Ernest Knee, are mounted on matte board.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved in Big Box area.
Creator
- Knee, Ernest, 1907-1982 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Ernest Knee Photographs of 726 Camino del Monte Sol, Santa Fe (NM)
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- ©2012; ©2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- 20220613: Finding aid enhanced to processed status.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu