Ruling Light
<p>Peter Bradley, <em>Ruling Light</em>, 1973. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 39 3/4 × 87 in. (101 × 221 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Jack E. Chachkes Endowed Purchase Fund 2024.322</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39 3/4 × 87 in. (101 × 221 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Peter Bradley
Artist
Painting
Peter Bradley is an American painter and sculptor and former art dealer. He attended the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit and Yale University. His work was included in the 1973 Whitney Biennial. As an art dealer he was the associate director of the Perls Galleries from 1968 until 1975. He later donated his papers from this period to the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1971 while associate director of the Perls Galleries, Bradley curated The De Luxe Show under the auspices of the famed de Menil family in Houston, Texas, considered to be one of the early racially integrated art exhibitions in the United States.
Connellsville, PA, United States
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- Peter Bradley
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39 3/4 × 87 in. (101 × 221 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1973-166726
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified