# Church, Rancho de Taos

**Selden Connor Gile** (born Stow, ME 1877-died San Rafael, CA 1947)  
1931  
watercolor on paper  
sight: 17 5/8 × 14 1/8 in. (44.8 × 35.9 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2016.38.32. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=111091).

## About this work

Selden Connor Gile painted this in 1931, aged 54. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Selden Connor Gile](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/selden-connor-gile)

born Stow, ME 1877-died San Rafael, CA 1947

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 54
- Real size: about 18 × 14 in (45 × 36 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Landscapes, Architecture, Cross, Figure group, Religion, Rancho de Taos, Emblems, Church buildings
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

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