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Pigeons on a Roof
1947 · Oil on Masonite
20 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (51.4 × 61.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Everett Spruce
Artist
WA-00029558
Abstract Art
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
5
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0
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80%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
No image
Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
No image
Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942
No image
Four American Traveling Exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Everett Spruce was an American painter whose abstractions emerged from the postwar period, marked by gestural brushwork and a restrained palette. Based in Texas, he developed a distinctive approach to non-representational painting that balanced spontaneity with formal rigor. His work remains associated with the development of abstract painting in the American South during the mid-twentieth century.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (2)
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2 published of 3 catalogued · 0 with image
- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued
- The Met1 published
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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