Robert Pruitt Acquired by the Museum of Modern Art
March 31, 2026
Vielmetter Los Angeles is thrilled to announce the Museum of Modern Art’s acquisition of Robert Pruitt’s work Woman with Lizards (2025).
Featured in his latest exhibition at the gallery, Corpus in 2025, Pruitt’s monumental drawing depicts a seated female-figure enrobed in a mesh of sumptuous green vines that conceal a collection of small green lizards. Throughout Pruitt’s work, these quasi-mystic figures percolate and speak to the artist’s interest in honing the spiritual aspects of...
Vielmetter Los Angeles is thrilled to announce the Museum of Modern Art’s acquisition of Robert Pruitt’s work Woman with Lizards (2025).
Featured in his latest exhibition at the gallery, Corpus in 2025, Pruitt’s monumental drawing depicts a seated female-figure enrobed in a mesh of sumptuous green vines that conceal a collection of small green lizards. Throughout Pruitt’s work, these quasi-mystic figures percolate and speak to the artist’s interest in honing the spiritual aspects of nature in his work. Pruitt’s practice weaves together religious iconography, science fiction imagery, and African American perspectives on theism, transcendence and mythology.
