Sand Storm

Agnes Pelton1932

SAND STORM
By Agnes Pelton

Dense clouds that push and loom
Too early, darkening the day.

Above the streaming palms
Bent low to earth
Sharp points of blowing sand converge
Are posed beneath the sky's light blue
In balanced conformation.

Below this flowering, remote, serene
Behold the movement luminous -
A rainbow in the dust.

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Details

Title: Sand Storm
Creator: Agnes Pelton
Date Created: 1932
Physical Dimensions: 30 1/4 × 22 in. (76.8 × 55.9 cm)
Provenance: Mr. Buell Hammett [1895-1945] and Mrs. Buell Hammett, Santa Barbara, CA, by 1943; (Martin Diamond Fine Arts, New York, NY); to Private Collection, by 1990; to (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2012
Rights: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
External Link: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Medium: Oil on canvas

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