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Petunias and Salvia
1988 · Oil, silver leaf, glitter, and wallpaper on canvas
36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Robert Kushner
1949
PaintingPattern and DecorationContemporary
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2
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30
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2
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- • Pattern and Decoration
- • Contemporary
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Robert Kushner is a central figure in the Pattern and Decoration Movement, painting lush compositions of flowers and foliage rendered with bold color, gold leaf, and grid-based structures informed by Japanese screens, Islamic patterning, and Uzbekistani embroidery. His work treats ornamentation as a deliberate, defiant stance, channeling Matisse, Klimt, and the French Nabis into densely layered botanical surfaces.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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University of California, San Diego
Visual Arts · 1971
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