Curatorial Narrative The 1932 painting “Red Wing” by Edward Mason Eggleston occupies a singular position within the Art Deco movement, whose ornate yet modernist aesthetic was beginning to take hold in the early 20th century. Notable for its bold brushstrokes and thick impasto texture, the work’s surface is akin to a three-dimensional relief, inviting the viewer to engage with the physical properties of paint as much as the depicted subject. The artist’s use of color, too, was revolutionary at the time, juxtaposing the rich, earthy tones of the American West brown, beige, and muted green against the sharp, almost neon blue of a clear summer sky.When enlarged to its scale of 44×59, “Red Wing” exerts a commanding presence within a luxury interior environment. The painting’s spatial depth is underscored by the artist’s deliberate placement of forms and planes: the foreground figure recedes into the background landscape, while the dis