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Introduction

The Moderns

Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection
August 6, 1993 - March 13, 1994

Selected Objects

Harry Bertoia, designer

Child's Chair (Model 426), 1954

Alvar Aalto, designer

Armchair (model 31), 1931-32

Bruce Beeken, cabinetmaker

Tea Wagon, 1981

Peter Voulkos

Vessel, 1975

Judy Kensley McKie, cabinetmaker

Toy Chest, 1980

Ad Reinhardt

No. 18, 1956

Larry Rivers

Portrait of Berdie, 1953

Fernando Botero

The Pinzón Family, 1965

Emilio Cruz

Veiled Passage Through Archaic Moments, 1985

José Bedia Valdés

All My Life Like This?, 1991

John Marcoux, cabinetmaker

"36" Rulex, 1988

Wharton Esherick

Music Stand, 1962

Janet Prip

Vase, 1987

Christina M. Bertoni

After the Comet, 1992

Charles Eames, designer

Rocking Chair, ca. 1951

Cy Twombly

Untitled, 1968

T.L. Solien

ThirstThe Song of the Mourning Dove, 1984

Joan Mitchell

Mooring, 1971

Don Eddy

Peaches, Tomatoes, Watermelons (Supermarket Window I), 1972

Helen Frankenthaler

Holocaust, 1955

Elizabeth Browning Jackson

Refold Chair, 1984

Rafael Ferrer

The Balata River: “In the mountains, there you feel free” (El Rio Balatá: "En las montañas te sientes libre"), 1988

Rosanne Somerson

Tall Back Chair, 1990
No Image Available

Frank Gallo

Running Girl, 1966

Charles Eames, designer

DCW (Dining Chair Wood), 1948
No Image Available

Michael Hurwitz

Plant stand, 1988

Wayne Thiebaud

Wimbledon Trophy, 1968

John Salt

Silver Plymouth in Woods, 1979

Akio Takamori

Equality, 1989

Robert Mangold

Distorted Circle within a Polygon II, 1972

Grace Hartigan

Homage to Matisse, 1955

Andrea Gill

Vase, 1984

Alphonse Mattia

Architect's Valet Chair, 1989

Thomas Loeser

Folding Chair, 1988

Andy Warhol

Race Riot, 1964

Sam Francis

Untitled, 1983

Mark Rothko

Untitled, 1954

Richard Yelle

Wrapped Blue Vase, 1987 - 1988

Jay Stanger

High Note II, 1989

Janet Fish

Boone's Farm Apple Wine, 1972

Robert Trotman, cabinetmaker

Table with Walking Figures, 1989-1990

Tage Frid, designer

Stool, 1982

Jackson Pollock

Magic Lantern, 1947
No Image Available

Makoto Yabe

Large vessel, 1987
No Image Available

Leroy Schuette, cabinetmaker

Apple Three-Top Table, 1986

Verner Panton, designer

Cone Chair, 1959

Robert M. Wilson

Stalin Chairs, 1977

Robert M. Wilson

Stalin Chairs, 1977

David Kapp

Oncoming Car, 1985
No Image Available

Kristina W. Madsen

Window Seat, 1991
No Image Available

Richard Peter Stankiewicz

1960-11, 1960
No Image Available

Peter S. Dean

Rolltop Tambour Desk, 1984

Harry Bertoia, designer

Diamond Chair, ca. 1952

Ellsworth Kelly

Pole, 1957

Philip Guston

The Road, 1972

More objects +

Exhibition Checklist

The Moderns : Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection

August 6, 1993 - March 13, 1994
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