Portrait of the Transcendental Painting Group and friends, Taos [Left to right: Bess Harris, R. S. Horton, Mayrion Bisttram’s mother, Lawren Harris, Mayrion Bisttram, Robert Gribbroek, Emil Bisttram, Isabel McLaughlin, Raymond Jonson], November 1938, Raymond Jonson Archive, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque.
Artists carry painting beyond the appearance of the physical world, through concepts of space, color, light and design, to imaginative realms that are idealistic and spiritual.
Exhibition organizer: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. On view June 26 to September 26.
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MASTERWORKS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Featured MasterWork $1,000 each - Pages 1-2 Section Sponsorship $3,500
Music • Sponsor section of thirteen works – Pages 8-11 Section Sponsorship $2,500
The Earthly Realm • Sponsor section of eight works – Pages 2-3 The Cosmos • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 4-5 Visual Rythym • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 6-7 Color and Movement • Sponsor section of eight works – Pages 12-13 Time and Life Cycles • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 14-15 Light and The Spiritual Plane • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 16-17
Artist Bio Sponsorship $500 each
Dane Rudhyar – Page 18 William T. Lumpkins – Page 19 William Stuart Walker – Page 20 Robert Carter Gribbroek – Page 21 Horace Towner Pierce – Page 22 Florence Miller Pierce – Page 23 Edward Watson Garman – Page 24 Lawren Stewart Harris – Page 25
Artist Bio Sponsorship $1,000 each
Emil Bisstram – Page 26 Raymond Jonson – Page 27 Agnes Pelton – Page 28
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Winter 1933 oil on canvas 30 x 28 in. (canvas), 33 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)
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Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Creative Forces 1936 oil on canvas 26 x 27 in. (canvas), 38 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed) private collection, courtesy Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe
FEATURED MASTERWORK • $1,000
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE EARTHLY REALM • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF EIGHT WORKS • $2,500
Many artists in the Transcendental Painting Group painted landscapes prior to, during, and after their involvement in the group.
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico City Forces 1932 oil on canvas 37 x 68 in. (canvas), 46 1/8 x 77 in. (framed)
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Suspension 1935 oil on canvas 47 1/2 x 41 5/8 in. (canvas), 50 x 44 in. (framed)
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 10 1939 oil on canvas 40 x 40 in. (canvas), 42 x 42 in. (framed) collection of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, New York
Raymond Jonson
1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New
Mexico
Oil No. 7
1941
oil on canvas
22 x 30 in. (canvas), 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 2 in. (framed)
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Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Synthesis Fourteen (Oil No. 11) 1947 oil on canvas
45 x 35 in. (canvas), 48 x 38 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)
SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE EARTHLY REALM continued
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Cactus ca. 1938 oil on canvas 31 7/8 x 35 3/8 in. (canvas)
William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico Untitled 1931 watercolor on paper 21 x 26 1/4 in. (sheet), 25 x 30 1/4 in. (framed) Lawren Harris
1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Mountain Experience ca. 1936 oil on canvas 56 x 34 3/4 in. (canvas), 57 1/4 x 36 in. (framed)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE COSMOS • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500
The cosmic realm, encompassing everything beyond earth, appealed to many members of the Transcendental Painting Group because of its association with spiritual and scientific ideas.
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Alchemy 1937–39 oil on canvas 26 1/4 x 26 in. (canvas), 46 1/4 x 36 1/4 x 7/8 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton
1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Star Icon II ca. 1939 oil on canvas
31 x 23 in. (canvas), 31 x 23 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Comet 1957 tempera on paper
12 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (sight), 13 1/2 x 21 in. (framed)
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Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Eclipse (from the Universe Series) 1935 oil on canvas
40 x 41 in. (canvas), 43 x 44 x 2 in. (framed)
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Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Rising Moon (from the Universe Series) 1935 oil on canvas 27 x 31 in. (canvas), 30 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (framed)
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Lord Maitreya 1956 casein and gesso on panel
45 x 40 in. (board), 39 3/8 x 44 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)
Florence Miller Pierce
1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Rising Red 1942 oil on canvas
36 x 36 in. (canvas), 41 x 41 1/2 in. (framed)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • VISUAL RHYTHM • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500
In these works, visual rhythm is seen in the repetition of lines, forms, and shades of color that give the paintings a sense of movement and vivacity.
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Late Afternoon, Interior No. 1 1938 oil on canvas
36 x 32 in. (canvas), 39 1/4 x 35 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)
Robert Gribbroek 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, New Mexico Composition #57 / Pattern 29 1938 oil on canvas 36 x 27 in. (canvas), 43 x 34 in. (framed)
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 2 1942 oil on canvas 42 x 36 (canvas), 46 1/4 x 40 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)
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Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 11 1941 oil on canvas 45 x 35 in. (canvas), 48 x 38 x 2 in. (framed, approx.)
SECTION SPONSORSHIP • VISUAL RHYTHM continued
Ed Garman
1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 Imperial Beach, California Painting #231 1941 oil on panel
24 x 24 in. (panel), 31 x 25 x 2 in. (framed)
Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Creative Man 1947 undiluted watercolors on illustration board
28 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (board), 39 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (framed)
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Abstraction #119 1945 oil on canvas 67 1/4 x 55 1/2 in. (canvas)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • MUSIC • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THIRTEEN WORKS • $3,500
Many of these works make direct references to music or incorporate it in some way.
Agnes Pelton
1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Heart Music (Happy Heart) 1944, 1948–49 oil on canvas
22 x 20 in. (canvas), 28 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton
1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Meadowlark’s Song, Winter 1926 oil on canvas
25 x 20 in. (canvas), 29 x 24 x 2 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton
1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California The Voice 1930 oil on canvas
26 x 21 in. (canvas), 28 x 23 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
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Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • MUSIC continued
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Symphony in White 1942 oil on canvas 42 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. (canvas)
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Horace Pierce
1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico video edited by Gina Lamb music by Dane Rudhyar, Stars from Pentagrams, No. 3 (1926) piano played by Sarah Cahill The Spiral Symphony in Four Movements: Birth, the Crystal, the Flower, Death 1938
video animation based on thirty watercolors on paper ( 6 3/4 x 9 in. each), duration 3:39 min.
SECTION SPONSORSHIP • MUSIC continued
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • COLOR AND MOVEMENT • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF EIGHT WORKS • $2,500
Many of these works make direct references to music or incorporate it in some way.
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Blue Forms 1942 oil on canvas 29 3/4 x 34 in. (canvas)
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Transcendental Drawing 1944 graphite on paper 10 x 11 1/4 in. (sheet), 31 x 25 x 2 in. (framed)
Florence Miller Pierce
1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Centrifics 1938 oil on canvas 36 x 32 in. (canvas)
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Untitled (Spiritual Forms) 1937 mixed media on paper
11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (sheet), 18 9/16 x 14 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • COLOR AND MOVEMENT continued
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting No. 48 ca. 1938–41 oil on masonite 26 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (board)
Stuart Walker 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Movement ca. 1936–39 oil on canvas mounted on plywood
22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (plywood), 28 x 30 x 2 in. (framed)
Stuart Walker 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled Abstraction ca. 1938 oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 29 5/8 in. (canvas), 39 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)
William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico Untitled ca. 1940 watercolor on paper
14 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (sheet), 24 x 30 in. (framed)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • TIME AND LIFE CYCLES • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500
In the Theosophic and esoteric belief systems studied by members of the Transcendental Painting Group, culture and history intersected with cyclical patterns of life, death, and rebirth.
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Upward ca. 1940 oil on canvas 50 x 50 in. (canvas)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Resurgence 1938 oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (canvas), 39 1/4 x 33 1/2 x 2 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Memory 1937 oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 22 in. (canvas), 45 x 30 3/4 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 1951 oil on canvas board
16 x 20 in. (canvas), 22 x 27 x 2 in. (framed)
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Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Dynamic Equilibrium 1946 undiluted watercolors on illustration board
27 1/2 x 18 13/16 in. (board), 39 13/16 x 29 7/8 in (framed)
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico The Wave 1958 sumi ink on rice paper 22 x 32 1/2 in. (sheet), 28 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (framed)
SECTION SPONSORSHIP • TIME AND LIFE CYCLES continued
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled 1952 oil on board 17 11/16 x 39 15/16 in. (board)
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SECTION SPONSORSHIP • LIGHT AND THE SPIRITUAL PLANE • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500
The interest in light as subject matter was nurtured by the open desert landscapes of New Mexico and California.
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Sphere 1932 oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (canvas), 27 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 2 in. (framed)
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Crystal (Oil No. 6) 1939 oil on canvas 35 x 45 in. (canvas), 38 x 48 x 1 7/8 in. (framed)
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Abstract Painting, No. 95 1939 oil on canvas 56 x 46 1/2 in. (canvas)
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting #14 ca. 1935 oil on canvas board
18 x 15 in. (board), 19 x 22 in. (framed)
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Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico The Flaming One 1964 oil on canvas 48 x 34 in. (canvas), 53 x 39 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Birthday 1943 oil on canvas 38 x 22 in. (canvas), 44 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (framed)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Light Center 1947–48 oil on canvas
36 x 25 in. (canvas), 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • DANE RUDHYAR • $500
Rudhyar was a philosopher, composer, artist, poet, novelist, and astrologer who contributed to an astonishing range of disciplines and ideas.
Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Color Harmony 1947 mixed media on crescent board
9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (board), 15 1/4 x 19 1/8 x 13/16 in. (framed)
Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Untitled 1940 graphite on paper 19 1/2 x 12 in. (sheet), 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • WILLIAM T. LUMPKINS • $500
The only New Mexico native of the Transcendental Painting Group, Lumpkins explored an improvisatory, yet meditative approach to artmaking.
William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico Lazan 1939 watercolor on paper 21 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (sheet), 34 x 21 5/8 in. (framed)
William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico A Painting is Conceived as the Color Flows from the Brush to the Paper 1947 watercolor on paper 6 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (sheet), 19 3/4 x 27 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • WILLIAM STUART WALKER • $500
Walker developed a unique style of abstraction that brought a lyrical
uplift to work by the Transcendental Painting Group.
Stuart Walker
1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Composition 55 (Convergence) 1938 oil on canvas
44 x 35 in. (canvas), 45 x 36 1/4 in. (framed)
Stuart Walker
1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Composition No. 65 1939 oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. (canvas)
Stuart Walker
1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Composition 3A 1939 oil on canvas
28 x 34 in. (canvas), 29 1/4 x 35 1/8 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • ROBERT CARTER GRIBBROEK • $500
The most enigmatic member of the Transcendental Painting Group, Gribbroek
had an unusual life and career.
Robert Gribbroek 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, New Mexico Untitled (Poppy) ca. 1938 oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (canvas), 34 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Robert Gribbroek 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, New Mexico Beyond Civilization to Texas 1950 oil on canvas 36 x 27 in. (canvas), 46 x 37 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • HORACE TOWNER PIERCE • $500
Horace Towner Pierce created remarkable abstractions of graph-like and spiraling geometric forms in space.
Horace Pierce
1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled ca. 1955–58 gouache on paper
18 1/2 x 16 9/16 in. (sheet), 21 5/8 x 19 1/2 x 1 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled ca. 1955–58 ink on paper
20 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. (sheet), 30 5/8 x 20 1/16 x 1 1/4 in. (framed)
Horace Pierce
1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Black Moebius 1952 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper
22 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (sheet), 31 x 25 x 2 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • FLORENCE MILLER PIERCE • $500
Her Transcendental Painting Group-related works employ diaphanous, geometric shapes and biomorphic forms that she hoped would stimulate contemplative thought.
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled 1942 graphite on paper
13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (sight), 25 x 21 in. (framed)
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled 1943 graphite on paper
13 7/8 x 7 in. (sight), 25 x 18 in. (framed)
Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled 1942 graphite on paper
14 x 9 7/8 in. (sight), 25 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • EDWARD WATSON GARMAN • $500
A dedicated believer in pure abstraction, Garman was a rigorous craftsman whose notions of ideal form brought a precision of thought to the Transcendental Painting Group.
Ed Garman
1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 Imperial Beach, California Chromatic Accents #312 ca. 1942–43 oil on masonite
36 x 36 in. (board), 39 1/4 x 39 1/4 x 1 in. (framed)
Ed Garman
1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 Imperial Beach, California Abstract No. 276 1942 oil on masonite
30 x 30 in. (board), 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (framed)
Ed Garman
1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004
Imperial Beach, California Abstract No. 283A 1942 oil on board
24 x 24 in. (board), 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • LAWREN STEWART HARRIS • $500
One of Canada’s most acclaimed and adventurous painters, Harris is known
primarily for his light-filled, sharply delineated mountain landscapes.
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting No. 4 ca. 1939 oil on canvas
51 x 36 5/8 in. (canvas), 53 3/8 x 39 1/8 in. (framed)
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting #60 ca. 1936 oil on masonite
26 x 20 in. (board), 31 x 25 1/4 in. (framed)
Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting #53 ca. 1935 oil on board 20 x 24 in. (board)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • EMIL BISTTRAM • $1,000
A key Southwest modernist and cofounder of the Transcendental Painting Group,
Emil Bisttram enjoyed a long and varied career.
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Fantasy 1939 oil on board 38 x 52 in. (board), 34 x 40 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Psychic Sensitivity ca. 1940 graphite on paper
23 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (sheet), 29 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (framed)
Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Oversoul ca. 1941 oil on masonite
35 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (masonite), 39 x 30 x 2 in. (framed)
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ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • RAYMOND JONSON • $1,000
Raymond Jonson was a cofounder of the Transcendental Painting Group and a critical
figure in expanding Southwest art beyond landscape painting and regional subjects.
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Watercolor No. 5 1942 watercolor on paper
24 x 31 in. (sheet), 26 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. (framed) Raymond Jonson
1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 4 1941 oil on canvas
35 x 24 in. (canvas), 38 x 27 x 2 (framed, approx.)
Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Casein Tempera No. 1 1939 casein on canvas
22 x 35 in. (canvas), 27 3/8 x 40 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (framed)
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Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Untitled sketchbook 1936–39
sketchbook, 20 illustrated pages of drawings 9 x 12 1/4 in.
ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • AGNES PELTON • $1,000
Pelton was a pivotal member of the Transcendental Painting
Group, and her works epitomize their goals and aspirations
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Nurture 1940 oil on canvas 34 3/8 x 32 1/2 in. (canvas)
Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Voyaging 1931 oil on canvas
36 x 22 in. (canvas), 39 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (framed)
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