Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental

1941–42

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 85 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 8 in. (217.2 × 355.6 cm)
Collection no.: 1996.367
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details

Richard Pousette-Dart. Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental — Richard Pousette-Dart. 1941–42.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 85 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 8 in. (217.2 × 355.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1996.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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