Why it matters
A full-immersion baptism takes place in a water tank, with a raven and a dove in the sky. It made Curry famous and became an icon of American Regionalism.
Did you know?
- It was painted in August 1928.
- It is based on a scene Curry saw in 1915, when the creeks had dried up.
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney bought it in 1930.
Based on the Wikipedia article Baptism in Kansas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
