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Installation view of the exhibition "Art of the Forties"
February 20, 1991–April 30, 1991. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN1574.11. Photograph by Mali Olatunji.
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Works identified
Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Side Chair (model DCM) (Exhibited in the US Pavilion in the 1951 Milan Triennale)
1946
Isamu Noguchi
Table
c. 1941
Joan Miró
The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers
(
Le Bel oiseau déchiffrant l'inconnu au couple d'amoureux
) (from the
Constellation
series)
1941
Wifredo Lam
The Jungle
(
La Jungla
)
1942–43
Joan Miró
The Escape Ladder
(from the
Constellation
series)
1940
Arshile Gorky
Garden in Sochi
1941
Max Ernst
The King Playing with the Queen
(
Le roi jouant avec la reine
)
1944 (cast 1954)
Louise Bourgeois
Quarantania, I
1947-53; reassembled by the artist 1981
Henri Matisse
Circus
(
Le Cirque
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Nightmare of the White Elephant
(
Le Cauchemar d l'éléphant blanc
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
Horse, Rider and Clown
(
Le cheval, l'écuyère et le clown
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Wolf
(
Le Loup
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
Pierrot's Funeral
(
L'Enterrement de Pierrot
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Codomas
(
Les Codomas
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Swimmer in the Tank
(
La Nageuse dans l'aquarium
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Cowboy
(
Le Cow-boy
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
The Knife Thrower
(
Le Lanceur de couteaux
) from
Jazz
1947
Henri Matisse
Lagoon
(
Le Lagon
) from
Jazz
1947