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Introduction

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

The Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries include painting, sculpture, photography, design, textiles, and fashion from the turn of the 20th century and into the 21st Century. Paintings from the mid-20th century to the present are on view in the Waterman Galleries, featuring works by Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Cy Twombly, Joan Mitchell, and Betty Parsons.

Selected Objects

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John McCracken

Untitled (Grey Plank), 1978
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Marsden Hartley

Gorges du Loup, Provence, 1926
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Aaron Douglas

Building More Stately Mansions, 1944
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Alice Neel

Nancy Selvage, 1967
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John Prip

Coffeepot, ca.1960
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Richard Peter Stankiewicz

Grass People II, 1956
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Jackson Pollock

Magic Lantern, 1947
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Mark Di Suvero

Untitled, 1968
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, designer

MR 10 Chair, designed 1927
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After Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Teapot, 1931
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Wilhelm Wagenfeld, designer

Teacup and Saucer, 1931
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After Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Teacup and saucer, ca. 1957
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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, designer

Zig-Zag Chair, 1941
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Alvar Aalto, designer

Armchair (model 31), 1931-32
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Fernand Léger

Flowers, 1926
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Alexander Calder

Untitled, ca. 1957
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Frank Lloyd Wright, designer

Stained Glass Window (Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY), 1904
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Frank Lloyd Wright, designer

Stained Glass Window (Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY), 1904
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Auguste Delaherche

Vase, ca. 1910
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Auguste Delaherche

Vase, ca. 1910
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Auguste Delaherche

Vase, ca. 1910
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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Pendant, 1900
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Hector Guimard, designer

Stained Glass Window, 1896-97
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Agnes Martin

America, 1958-1959
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Ernst Lichtblau

Table, ca. 1950
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John White Alexander

The Blue Bowl, 1898
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Carlo Bugatti, designer

Desk and Chair, ca. 1900
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Frank Lloyd Wright, designer

Library Table, 1915-1916
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David Adjaye

Washington Skeleton Chair, 2013
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Margarete Heymann-Marks Löbenstein, designer

Teapot, ca. 1930
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Erik Magnussen, designer

Swing Arm Cuff, ca. 1938-1948
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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

Negro Head, before 1927
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George Wesley Bellows

Rain on the River, 1908
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Attributed to Peter Behrens, designer

Toaster (model 247400), 1928-1929
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Margarete Heymann-Marks Löbenstein, designer

Bowl, ca. 1930
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Wifredo Lam

The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla), 1944
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The Haas Brothers

Big Baby Accretion with Navajo Striations, 2016
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Paul Morrison

Exine, 2008
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Virgil Marti

Chrysanthemum and Dragon Fly, 2006
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Auguste Rodin

Study for the Monument to Balzac, 1892
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Patrick Henry Bruce

Forms, ca. 1920-1921
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Henri Matisse

Still Life with Lemons, 1914
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Florine Stettheimer

Bouquet for Ettie, 1927
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Pablo Picasso

The Diners (Les Soupeurs), 1901
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Arnold Prince

Standing Figure, 1986
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Eduardo Macentyre

En Violeta, 1966
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Harry Bertoia, designer

Child's Chair (Model 426), 1954
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Charles Eames, designer

Rocking Chair, ca. 1951
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Jere Osgood

Summer '99 Shell Desk, 1999
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Katy Schimert

Predator, 2015
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Adam Silverman

Untitled, 2016
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Brodie Neill, designer

Alpha Chair, 2015
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Steven Weinberg

Charleen Buoy, 2000
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Steven Weinberg

Smith's Cove Buoy, 2000
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Verner Panton, designer

Cone Chair, 1959
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William S. Hammersley

Rocking Stool, 1979
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Jens Risom

Risom Stool (Model 667W), ca. 1941
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Eva Zeisel, designer

Century Bread Plate, ca. 1960
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Eva Zeisel, designer

Century Creamer, ca. 1960
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Eva Zeisel, designer

Century Cup and Saucer, ca. 1960
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Eva Zeisel, designer

Century Salt and Pepper Shakers, ca. 1960
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Russel Wright

American Modern Pitcher, 1937
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Piero Fornasetti, designer

Snake a la Cleopatra Plate, 1960s -1970s
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Piero Fornasetti, designer

Coquille Crocodile Plate, 1960s -1970s
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Piero Fornasetti, designer

Corfam a la Du Pont Plate, 1960s -1970s
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Piero Fornasetti, designer

Ostrich Eggs and Green Peppers Plate, 1960s -1970s
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Rafael Ferrer

I, 1988
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Panasonic, manufacturer

Toot-a-Loop Radio (model R-72), ca. 1972
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JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.)

Videosphere (model 3240), 1970
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Harold Schremmer

RISD Chain of Office, 1975
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Louise Bourgeois

Still Life, 1963
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Gerta Overbeck

Man with Wheelbarrow, 1921
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Marcia Hafif

Green Lake Deep, 2009
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Lyonel Feininger

Church at Gelmeroda XII, 1929
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Ramiro Gomez

Nanny and Child (Central Park), 2018
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Fe Noel, design label

Oshun Slip dress, 2019
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Haitian

Damballa Vodou Flag, 1950 - 1980
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Issey Miyake, designer

Pleats Please Guest Artist Series, no. 1, 1997
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Chinese

Qipao / Cheongsam, 1930s
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Japanese

Woman's Kimono, 1925-1950
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Japanese

Woman's Kimono, 1925-1950
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Leonora Carrington

Stella Snead and Her Cat, 1941
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Joaquín Torres-García

Construction with Central Anchor, 1932
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Gunther Gerzso

Orange, Yellow and Green Landscape (Paisaje Naranja, Amarillo y Verde), 1966
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Georgia O'Keeffe

Pink Spirea, ca. 1922
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Tina Modotti

Diego Rivera Mural, ca. 1927
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Kenojuak Ashevak

Title Unknown, 1962
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Claudette Johnson

Untitled, 2015
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Nancy Graves

Mushrooms and Chinese Calligraphy, 1972
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Sonia Delaunay

Three Bathers, 1928
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Mary Cassatt

Tea, 1890
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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Ice Serving Spoon, 1869
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Gorham Manufacturing Company, manufacturer

Martelé Stationery Rack, 1903
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Marie Laurencin

Girl with a Pink Fan, ca. 1925
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Jeanette Mundt

Candles, 2012
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Gertrude Abercrombie

Pink Glove, 1945
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Cheyenne Julien

Orchard Beach, 2019
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Udomsak Krisanamis

Road Hole, 2000
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Roberto Lugo

A Century of Black Lives Mattering, 2016
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Charles Wilbert White

Missouri C., 1972
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Yüksel Arslan

Arture 51, “100 Meaningless” (Arture 51, “100 Sans Sens”), 1964
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Dotty Attie

After Magritte, 1998
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Sheida Soleimani

Reyhaneh, 2015
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Harmony Hammond

Blue Spirit, 1978
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Zoe Leonard

I want a president, 1992/2018
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Edie Fake

Thigh High, 2018

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