Baptism in Kansas — John Steuart Curry

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Artist: John Steuart Curry
Date: 1928
Location: Whitney Museum of American Art

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John Steuart Curry

John Steuart Curry captured the dramatic spirit of rural America, from Kansas tornadoes to abolitionist John Brown.

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