tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388041396976352748.post6439922836720897146..comments2024-03-28T14:44:58.409-07:00Comments on Los Angeles County Museum on Fire: An Agnes Pelton Puzzle Picture at LACMAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388041396976352748.post-18740441767842333672017-12-24T06:21:32.441-08:002017-12-24T06:21:32.441-08:00As per a photograph dated 1956 and contained withi...As per a photograph dated 1956 and contained within Agnes Pelton's personal archive, the original title of this exceptionally ethereal Transcendental abstraction is 'Response'; it depicts the lyre of Orpheus and was inspired by a Ranier Maria Rilke poem that contains these lines written by Agnes on the back of the photograph: "Only he who has lifted his lyre also among the shadows may his boundless praise possibly repay."<br />Jon Silencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969667084901167456noreply@blogger.com