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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Music • Sponsor section of thirteen works – Pages 8-11 Section Sponsorship $2,500

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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

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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

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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)

SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE COSMOS continued

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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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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