Tuesday, August
13th, 2024 | 12:00pm
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LOS
ANGELES, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The word is
out! Collectors are already buzzing about Moran's upcoming Art +
Design sale, which will feature a recently discovered,
fresh-to-market painting by the American Modernist, Agnes Pelton. Only a handful of canvasses by
Pelon's desirable 'transcendental desert' period have come to
market in the last 50 years!
Unseen in public for nearly one hundred
years, "Flowering" was re-discovered by Moran's.
Agnes Pelton was a trailblazing
artist who skillfully merged spiritual and abstract elements in her
works. Born in 1881, Pelton spent much of her life exploring the
depths of mystical symbolism and abstraction. Created in 1929 at
the zenith of her career, Flowering is a stunning example of
her transcendentalist style. Estimated at $300,000-500,000, the oil painting measures 24" H
x 19" W and presents in the original Pelton-designed silver-grey
frame. In its day, Flowering was well exhibited in art
shows, including 1929 at the Montross Gallery in NYC, 1931 at the Plainfield Public Library,
New Jersey, also at the Ogunquit
Art Center, Maine and Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, and the 1932 Annual
Exhibit, Society of Modern Artists, Brooklyn, New York.
Pelton came to California after
visiting the state in the late 1920s. A student of Theosophy,
Agnes Pelton found her new home in
the desert town of Cathedral City.
This move conveyed the depth of inspiration, if not spiritual
ecstasy for the artist. The relative isolation of the desert kept
Pelton insulated in comparison to her contemporaries, but in time
Agnes Pelton would become one of the
most influential and inspirational female painters of the last
century. The acclaimed retrospective at the Whitney Museum of
American Art in 2020 would solidify the artist's reputation and
catapult her into a rarified spotlight alongside Georgia O'Keeffe.
Flowering has a rich provenance, having passed from the
artist through the hands of Pelton's friends and neighbors,
Matille Prigge "Billie" Seaman and then to Josephine Morse True, both of Cathedral City, CA. True moved from
Cathedral City to San Diego, CA, where the painting was sold to
Mrs. Anne-Marie Boyce in the 1990s.
Unseen in public for nearly one hundred years,
Flowering was re-discovered by Moran's during as part
of a routine estate consignment walk through. To learn more, or to
register to bid, go to www.johnmoran.com.
Contact:
Brenda
Smith, John Moran
Auctioneers
brenda@johnmoran.com
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SOURCE John Moran Auctioneers