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- Cloudburst at Black Mesa, New Mexico
Cloudburst at Black Mesa, New Mexico
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Allen Tucker was one of the “big city” artists who came to New Mexico in the 1920s, forsaking the hustle and clamor of the city for the vast spaces of the high desert. Artists from New York and Chicago often focused on the unusual colors and shapes they found in the southwestern landscape or on the startling and theatrical effects of the weather. Here, Tucker captured the sudden violence and stark contrasts of light and dark that a New Mexico storm can bring.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Allen Tucker Memorial
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1925
- Object number
- 1966.34.2
- Artist
- Allen Tucker, born Brooklyn, NY 1866-died New York City 1939
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30 1/8 x 36 3/8 in. (76.4 x 92.5 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 33A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Topic
- Landscape\mountain
- Landscape\weather\storm
- Landscape\desert
- Landscape\weather\cloud
- Landscape\New Mexico\Black Mesa
- Record ID
- saam_1966.34.2
- Usage
- CC0
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