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Agnes Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in. Collection of the …
Awakening
Agnes Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in. Collection of the …
Agnes Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Museum purchase, 2005 (2005.27.1). Photo by Blair Clark.

Awakening

Artist (American, born Germany, 1881 - 1961)
Date1943
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
Frame: 31 7/8 x 37 15/16 x 1 15/16 in. (81 x 96.4 x 4.9 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2005
Object number2005.27.1
DescriptionLandscape with a golden trumpet in sky to right of image and stars at left; illuminated landscape; purple and brown mountains at bottom; Mountains in background are the silhouette of artist's father's face.
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The frame is not original to the painting. The work was framed in Montecito, CA by Maureen Murphy Fine Arts in 2005 and is a contemporary 22K gold frame. 
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