Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist | Audio guides

Mar 13–Nov 1, 2020


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A surreal painting with a white swan, golden flowers, and abstract shapes against a deep blue background with a star.
A surreal painting with a white swan, golden flowers, and abstract shapes against a deep blue background with a star.

Agnes Pelton, Ahmi in Egypt, 1931. Oil on canvas, 36 3/16 × 24 3/16 in. (91.9 × 61.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Modern Painting and Sculpture Committee 96.175

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