A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico's Segesser Hide Paintings

by Thomas E. Chávez

Painted in New Mexico sometime in the first half of the eighteenth century, the two large works of art that have become known as the Segesser Hide Paintings were sent to Lucerne, Switzerland in 1758 by a Jesuit missionary. Rediscovered after World War II by a Swiss ethno-historian, the paintings returned to New Mexico in 1986. As works of art they are unique. As historical documents they are revealing. They are the most novel and important artifacts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193674404X
• ISBN13: 9781936744046
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Rio Grande Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"