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Charles Demuth
My Egypt - 1927

Oil on board, 35 3/4 x 30 in. (90.8 x 76.2 cm.)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

How does Demuth relate his work to Egypt?

Anonymous Response:
Demuth focuses on how in Egypt pyramids are extraordinatory examples of architecture. In the 1920s in the United States, the grain elevator was also a great architectural achievement.

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