New Moon, New York — George Ault

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Artist: George Ault
Date: 1945
Location: Museum of Modern Art
Culture: United States

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THE ARTIST

George Ault

1891–1948 · United States

Precisionist painter who called skyscrapers 'tombstones of capitalism' and painted haunting nocturnes in poverty.

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