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Snake Woman
c 1938
oil on canvas
152.4 x 106.7 cm<br />60 x 42 1/8 in

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Marian Spore Bush

ARTIST/MEDIUM MARION BUSH LEFT A CAREER IN DENTISTRY TO BECOME AMERICA’S MOST RESPECTED VISIONARY PAINTER. A WELL-APPOINTED MARRIAGE LED HER TO EXHIBIT HER PROPHETIC CANVASES AT NEW YORK’S MOST CELEBRATED GALLERIES, AS WELL AS AT THE FINE ART SOCIETY IN LONDON. THE SHOWS WON BUSH CONSIDERABLE PRESS. THE EPIC MONOCHROMATIC OILS SPOKE TO THE MODERN CONDITION AND TO THE LIKES OF HARRY HOUDINI AND NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY WROTE THE INTRODUCTION TO HER POSTHUMOUS NOVEL, THEYBUSH’S OEUVRE IS CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE RENEWED INTEREST FOR COLLECTORS OF SPIRITUALIST AND VISIONARY ART.

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