Victor Higgins
The White Gate
Victor Higgins, The White Gate, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in. Courtesy of Chrystina and James Parks.
The scene depicted is 3 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon inside the courtyard of San Geronimo Church at Taos Pueblo. A Pueblo mother and young son are in shadow and in sharp contrast against the church’s main gateway.