This is the first major exhibition to explore the role of the American
West in the development of modernism in the United States—a movement
traditionally associated with the East Coast.
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Boomtown
by Thomas Hart Benton, 1927–1928, oil, 45 x 54. Collection Memorial Art Gallery at University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. |
Fight for the Waterhole
by Frederic Remington, 1903, oil, 27 x 40?. Collection the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. |
Black Cross With Stars and Blue
by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1929, oil, 40 x 30. Collection Mr. and Mrs. Peter Coneway. |
Through June 3
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, California
(323) 857-6000
This is the first major exhibition to explore the role of the American West in the development of modernism in the United States—a movement traditionally associated with the East Coast. The work of some of the most influential artists of the last century and a half will be highlighted, including pieces from Georgia O’Keeffe, Thomas Hart Benton, Stuart Davis, and Frederic Remington. Approximately 100 paintings, watercolors, and photographs will be on display.