Duane Hanson created Old Couple on a Bench in 1995.
Polychromed bronze and mixed media. Currently on display at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center (1961). Palm Springs, California. Designed by architect E. Stewart Williams.
Considered to be in the classic Desert Modern or mid-century International style, the 13,000 square foot building originally served as a branch of Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan.
Blue Meets Yellow. 2011
Blue Meets Yellow (2011) by Stanley Whitney (b. 1946). Currently on display at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Tobacco
Tobacco (tobacco knife). 2018. Alison Saar @ Palm Springs Art Museum
Unsettled: the New Frontier
Close-up of artwork from the current Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition, Unsettled: Art on the New Frontier.
a sweeping presentation of contemporary art by more than 75 artists living or working in the Greater West, the exhibition features works by Ed Ruscha, Gerard Murillo, Sonia Falcone, Ana Teresa Fernández, Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Zittel, Nicholas Galanin, Georgia O’Keeffe, Agnes Pelton, and many other artists.
By the Waters Edge. 1987.
By the Waters Edge. by Allan Houser, 1987. Photographed at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Odd Couple.
American sculptor, Duane Hanson (1925-1996), is known for his hyper-realistic depictions of ordinary people. “Old Couple on Bench,” 1995; part of Palm Springs Art Museum’s permanent collection.
