Projects: Oliver Herring/Leonilson
January 18–March 12, 1996
Knitted and embroidered objects by two artists who commemorate
loss and mortality in the era of AIDS |
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Michael Schmidt: U-ni-ty
January 18–March 26, 1996
A new project by a leading European photographer, concerning
the modern history of Germany. |
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Brancusi: Selected Masterworks
from the Musée National d'Art Moderne and The Museum
of Modern Art, New York
January 18–May 5, 1996
A special installation of 24 works by the early modern sculptor
Constantin Brancusi. |
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Sol LeWitt Prints 1970–1995
January 23–May 7, 1996
Twenty-five years of printmaking by American artist Sol LeWitt,
from his early screenprints to his latest woodcuts. |
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| Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective
January 25–May 7, 1996
A major retrospective surveying nearly half a century of achievement
by Roy DeCarava, one of the key figures in American postwar
photography. |
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Beuys and After: Contemporary
German Drawings from the Collection
February 1–May 14, 1996
A selection of drawings from the Museum's collection, reflecting
the variety and complexity of postwar German art. |
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Lilly
Reich: Designer and Architect
February 8–May 7, 1996
The first exhibition devoted to Lilly Reich (1885-1947), the
modernist German designer of the 1920s and 1930s. |
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Deformations:
Aspects of the Modern Grotesque
February 10–May 21, 1996
A cross-section of work in several mediums, selected from
the collection, demonstrating the modern fascination with
extreme deformations. |
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| Projects: Hirsch Perlman
March 28–May 21, 1996
An installation of videos and video stills addressing modes
of human communication. |
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Thomas Roma, Untitled,
from the series Come Sunday, 1991-94. Gelatin-silver
print. 9 1/2 x 12 3/4" ©1996 Thomas Roma;
courtesy the Howard Greenburg Gallery, Inc., New York. |
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Come Sunday: Photographs by Thomas Roma
April 4–June 18, 1996
Recent photographs of Sunday services in African-American
churches in Brooklyn by a twice-honored Guggenheim Fellow.
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Sir William Lyons,
Malcolm Sayer, William M. Heynes. E-Type Roadster. 1963.
Manufacturer: Jaguar Cars Ltd., England. The Museum
of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jaguar Cars. Photograph ©1997
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
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Refining
the Sports Car: Jaguar's E-Type
April 4–August 20, 1996
An exploration of the history and design of the Jaguar E-type,
only the third automobile to enter the Museum's design collection.
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Pablo Picasso. Girl
Before a Mirror. 1932. Oil on canvas, 64 x 51"
(162.3 x 130.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim. Photograph ©1997
The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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Picasso
and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation
April 28–September 17, 1996
A major exhibition of more than 200 images by Picasso of his
family, lovers, and friends, revealing how the modern master
redefined the portrait for the twentieth century.
View the online
exhibition
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| Master
Prints from the Collection
May 18–October 1, 1996
Over one hundred works surveying the highlights of modern
printmaking and providing an overview of this century's major
art movements. |
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| From
the Collection: A Century of American Drawing
May 23–September 17, 1996
A selection of work that traces the history of twentieth-century
American drawing and illustrates diverse approaches to the
medium. |
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Roy Lichtenstein.
Girl with Beach Ball. 1961. Oil and synthetic
polymer paint on canvas. 60 1/4 x 36 1/4". The Museum of
Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson. Photograph
©1997 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
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From
Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip Johnson
June 6–September 3, 1996
A celebration of the architect's outstanding contributions
as a collector and a donor to the Museum on the occasion of
his ninetieth birthday.
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| Jean-Charles Blais.
Untitled. 1990- . Subway installation of screenprinted
posters. Each image on four sheets, overall: 118 1/8 x
78 7/16". Photograph courtesy the artist.
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Thinking
Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-95
June 20–September 10, 1996
A survey of work, from etchings and woodcuts to wallpaper
and billboards, that examines how contemporary artists use
printed art.
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Recent Gifts
Honoring Philip Johnson's Ninetieth Birthday
June 27–September 24, 1996
More than two dozen models and drawings donated to the Museum's
collection in honor of the architect. |
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| "Selection of
Jury Delays Snyder Trial." April 1927. "Long
Island City: Cameramen lined up before the Queens County
Courthouse where the trial for murder of Mrs. Ruth Snyder
and Henry Judd Gray is now in progress." Times Wide
World Photos. © The New York Times.
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Pictures of the Times:
A Century of Photography from The New York Times
June 27–October 8, 1996
150 pictures revealing the diversity, vitality, and evolution
of news photography in The New York Times.
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| Rodie Graumans. "85
Lamps" Lighting Fixture. c. 1994. Standard bulbs,
standard cords. 39 1/2" h. x 39 1/2" diam. Manufactured
by Droog Design DMD; lent by DMD, Vooberg. Photo: Hans
van der Mars; courtesy Droog Design.
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Thresholds: Contemporary Design from
the Netherlands
June 27–November 5, 1996
Outstanding works ranging from furnishings and lighting fixtures
to examples of multimedia and graphic design by contemporary
Dutch designers.
View the online
exhibition
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| Pieter Laurens
Mol. Grand Promptness. 1992. Pencil on black-and-white
photograph, steel shelf, bottles. Courtesy L.A. Louver
Gallery, Venice, CA.
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Projects: Pieter Laurens
Mol
September 19–November 12, 1996
The first New York museum exhibition of this Dutch contemporary
artist, presenting his recent multimedia Conceptual work. |
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| Antonin Artaud.
Portrait of Minouche Pastier. 1947. Graphite and wax
crayon on paper. 25 x 18 7/8". Musée National
d'Art Moderne-Centre de Création Industrielle,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. © Estate of Antonin
Artaud—Artists Rights Society, N.Y./ADAGP, Paris.
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Antonin
Artaud: Works on Paper
October 3,1996–January 7, 1997
Seventy drawings, mostly from the 1940s, by the French literary
figure and pioneer of the theater.
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| Thomas Demand. Zimmer
(Room). 1996. Chromogenic color print. 67 3/4 x 91
3/8". Lent by the artist.
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New Photography 12
October 24, 1996–February 4, 1997
Photographs by Richard Billingham, Thomas Demand, Osamu Kanemura,
Sophie Ristelhueber, Georgina Starr, and Wolfgang Tillmans.
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exhibition |
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| General Idea. One
Day of AZT and One Year of AZT. 1991. Five
units of fiberglass, each 33 7/16" x 84 1/8 x 33
7/16"; 1,825 units of vacuum-formed polystyrene with
vinyl, each 4 7/8 x 12 3/8 x 3". Collection National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
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Projects:
General Idea
November 28,1996–January 4, 1997
Two installations (One Day of AZT and One Year
of AZT, both 1991) by the Toronto-based artist group
formed by AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and Jorge Zontal.
View the online
project |
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| Jasper Johns. Ale
Cans. 1964. Lithograph, printed in color. 22 7/8 x
17 3/4". The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift
of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation. © 1996
Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. |
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| Jasper Johns. Working
proof for Ale Cans. 1964. Lithograph, printed in
color with ink and crayon additions. 22 5/8 x 17 5/8".
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist
in honor of Tatyana Grosman. © 1996 Jasper Johns/Licensed
by VAGA, New York, NY. |
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Jasper
Johns: Process and Printmaking
October 17, 1996–January 21, 1997
Appproximately 125 works—prints and working proofs—highlighting
the artist's creative process. |
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| Jasper Johns. Flag.
1954-55. Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted
on plywood (three panels). 42 1/4 x 60 5/8". The
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson
in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 1996 Jasper Johns/Licensed
by VAGA, New York, NY.
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Jasper
Johns: A Retrospective
October 20,1996–January 21, 1997
A comprehensive survey, in all media, of perhaps the most
influential American artist of the last three decades, a crucial
forefather of Pop, Minimal, and Conceptual art.
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