European and American Art Since 1900
The core of the collections of Western art since 1900 includes painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography and new media. Chronologically, this collection begins with masterworks of early-to-mid 20th century European easel painting—French, German, Spanish, Russian are particularly notable—and delves into the avant-garde—Cubism, Surrealism, Dada, German Expressionism, American Impressionism, Regionalism, Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism.
- Lyonel Feininger, In a Village Near Paris, 1909
- Alexej von Jawlensky, Spanish Woman with Mantilla, 1910
- Joan Miró, A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobweb, 1939
- Pablo Picasso, Flower Vase on a Table, 1942
- Max Beckmann, Karnival Triptych, 1943 and
- Giorgio de Chirico, The Disquieting Muses, 1947
- Henri Matisse, Blue Interior with Two Girls, 1947
- Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise, 1941/1966
American Painting and Sculpture 1900-1970
- Marsden Hartley, E, 1915
- Stuart Davis, New York - Paris No. 1, 1931
- Grant Wood, The Plaid Sweater, 1931
- Philip Guston, The Young Mother, 1944; Edge, 1960; Ramp, 1979
- Jackson Pollock, Mural, 1943
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- Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting, 1960-61
- Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #17, 1968
- Sam Gilliam, Red April, 1970
Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Playing out such modernist concerns as biography, spiritualism, surrealism, expressionism and realism, works in the collection after 1970 were primarily created by American artists.
- Anselm Kiefer, Grane, 1978
- Miriam Schapiro, Connections, 1979
- William Kentridge, The General, 1993-1998
- Gillian Wearing, Drunk, 2001
- El Anatsui, Transit, 2002
- John D. Freyer, Big Boy, 2005
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