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Conservation of Dance (I) (English)

Conservation of
Dance (I)

Henri Matisse
Dance (I)
Paris, Hôtel Biron, early 1909

Oil on canvas, 8' 6 1/2" x 12' 9 1/2" (259.7 x 390.1 cm). Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 2006 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide


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MoMA Audio: Collection (English) (125)

  1. Mona Hatoum. Untitled (grater). 1996

    Mona Hatoum. Untitled (grater). 1996 (English)
  2. Timothy Hursley

    Introduction to MoMA Audio Collection (English)
  3. Paul Cézanne <i>The Bather</i> c. 1885

    Paul Cézanne. The Bather. c. 1885 (English)
  4. Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907

    Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. 1907 (English)
  5. Pablo Picasso. <i>Les Demoiselles d'Avignon</i>. 1907. Oil on canvas, 8' x 7' 8" (243.9 x 233.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2005 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Conservation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (English)
  6. Georges Braque Man with Guitar 1911-12

    Georges Braque. Man with a Guitar. 1911–12 (English)
  7. Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913

    Umberto Boccioni. Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. 1913 (English)
  8. Vasily Kandinsky Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3 1914

    Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2. 1914 (English)
  9. Vasily Kandinsky Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3 1914

    Conservation of Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2 (English)
  10. Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). <i>The Red Studio</i>. Issy-les-Moulineaux, fall 1911. Oil on canvas, 71 1/4" x 7' 2 1/4" (181 x 219.1 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2012 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Henri Matisse. Red Studio. 1911 (English)
  11. Henri Matisse The Moroccans 1915

    Henri Matisse. The Moroccans. 1915 (English)
  12. Constantin Brancusi The Newborn 1920

    Various sculptures by Constantin Brancusi (English)
  13. Pablo Picasso Three Musicians 1921

    Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921 (English)
  14. Marcel Duchamp Bicycle Wheel New York 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913)

    Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. New York 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913) (English)
  15. Kazimir Malevich Suprematist Composition: White on White 1918

    Kazimir Malevich. Suprematist Composition: White on White. 1918 (English)
  16. Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-43

    Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43 (English)
  17. Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror 1932

    Pablo Picasso. Girl Before a Mirror. 1932 (English)
  18. 42860

    Jacob Lawrence. The Migration Series. 1940-41 (English)
  19. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931

    Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 (English)
  20. Joan Miro The Birth of the World 1925

    Joan Miró. The Birth of the World. Montroig, late summer-fall 1925 (English)
  21. Meret Oppenheim. <i>Object.</i> 1936. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, cup 4 3/8" (10.9 cm) in diameter; saucer 9 3/8" (23.7 cm) in diameter; spoon 8" (20.2 cm) long, overall height 2 7/8" (7.3 cm). Purchase. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Pro Litteris, Zurich

    Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936 (English)
  22. Paul Gauguin The Moon and the Earth 1893

    Paul Gauguin. The Moon and the Earth. 1893 (English)
  23. Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889

    Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889 (English)
  24. 42874

    Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911 (English)
  25. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Street, Dresden 1908 (dated on painting 1907)

    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Street, Dresden. 1908 (dated on painting 1907) (English)
  26. Henri Matisse Dance (I) Paris, Hôtel Biron, early 1909

    Henri Matisse. Dance (I). Paris, Boulevard des Invalides, early 1909 (English)
  27. Henri Matisse Dance (I) Paris, Hôtel Biron, early 1909

    Conservation of Dance (I) (English)
  28. Giorgio De Chirico Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure). 1914

    Giorgio De Chirico. Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure). 1914 (English)
  29. 42888

    Pierre Bonnard. Dining Room Overlooking the Garden (The Breakfast Room). 1930-31 (English)
  30. 42902

    Diego Rivera. Agrarian Leader Zapata. 1931 (English)
  31. Alberto Giacometti The Palace at 4 A.M. 1932

    Alberto Giacometti. The Palace at 4 A.M.. 1932 (English)
  32. 42916

    Edward Hopper. House by the Railroad. 1925 (English)
  33. 42930

    Henri Rousseau. The Dream. 1910 (English)
  34. 42944

    Georges-Pierre Seurat. Evening, Honfleur. 1886 (English)
  35. 42958

    Henri Matisse. Study for “Luxe, calme et volupté.” 1904 (English)
  36. 42972

    Pablo Picasso. Guitar. Paris, after March 1914 (English)
  37. 42986

    Gustav Klimt. Hope, II. 1907-08 (English)
  38. 43000

    Marcel Duchamp. To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour. Buenos Aires 1918 (English)
  39. 43014

    Lyubov Popova. Painterly Architectronic. 1917 (English)
  40. Claude Monet Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond c. 1920

    Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914-1926 (English)
  41. Claude Monet Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond c. 1920

    History of Monet's Water Lilies (English)
  42. 43042

    René Magritte. The Menaced Assassin. 1927 (English)
  43. 43056

    Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair. 1940 (English)
  44. José Clemente Orozco. Dive Bomber and Tank. 1940

    José Clemente Orozco. Dive Bomber and Tank. 1940 (English)
  45. Oil on canvas. 51 1/2 x 35 5/8" (130.8 x 90.5 cm)<br /> The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund<br /> © 2010 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Henri Matisse. The Blue Window. 1913 (English)
  46. Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926 The Japanese Footbridge. c. 1920-22 Oil on canvas. 35 1/4 x 45 7/8" (89.5 x 116.3 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Grace Rainey Rogers Fund

    Claude Monet. The Japanese Footbridge. c. 1920-22 (English)
  47. Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914-26. Oil on canvas, 6' 6 1/2" x 19' 7 1/2" (199.5 x 599 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

    Claude Monet. Water Lilies (single panel). 1914-26 (English)
  48. Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926 Agapanthus. 1914-26 Oil on canvas. 6' 6" x 70 1/4" (198.2 x 178.4 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Sylvia Slifka in memory of Joseph Slifka

    Claude Monet. Agapanthus. 1914-26 (English)
  49. Oil on canvas. 96 ½ x 83 ¾” (245.1 x 212.7 cm)<br /> The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund<br /> © 2010 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Henri Matisse. The Piano Lesson. 1916
  50. Alberto Giacometti The Chariot 1950

    Alberto Giacometti. The Chariot. 1950 (English)
  51. Jackson Pollock One: Number 31, 1950 1950

    Number 31, 1950. 1950 (English)
  52. Jackson Pollock One: Number 31, 1950 1950

    Number 31, 1950. 1950 (English)
  53. Barnett Newman Vir Heroicus Sublimis 1950

    Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950–51 (English)
  54. Barnett Newman Vir Heroicus Sublimis 1950

    Collector Ben Heller on painter Barnett Newman (English)
  55. Mark Rothko No.5/No.22 1950

    Mark Rothko. No. 5/No. 22. 1950 (English)
  56. Willem de Kooning Woman I 1950-52

    Willem de Kooning. Woman I. 1950–52 (English)
  57. Painted steel on cinder block base, 6' 7 1/2" x 8' 11 7/8" x 16 1/8" (202 x 274 x 41 cm), on cinder block base 17 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 15 1/4" (44.5 x 42.5 x 38.7 cm). Gift of William Rubin

    David Smith. Australia. 1951 (English)
  58. 42762

    Jasper Johns. Diver. 1962-63 (English)
  59. Robert Rauschenberg. <i>First Landing Jump</i>. 1961. Cloth, metal, leather, electric fixture, cable, and oil paint on composition board, with automobile tire and wood plank, 7' 5 1/8" x 6' x 8 7/8" (226.3 x 182.8 x 22.5 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson

    Robert Rauschenberg. First Landing Jump. 1961 (English)
  60. Lee Bontecou Untitled 1959

    Lee Bontecou. Untitled. 1959 (English)
  61. Andy Warhol. <i>Gold Marilyn Monroe</i>. 1962. Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 6' 11 1/4" x 57" (211.4 x 144.7 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2010 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962 (English)
  62. Claes Oldenburg Giant Soft Fan 1966-67

    Claes Oldenburg. Giant Soft Fan. 1966–67 (English)
  63. Donald Judd Untitled (Stack) 1967

    Donald Judd. Untitled (Stack). 1967 (English)
  64. Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen III 1968

    Eva Hesse. Repetition Nineteen III. 1968 (English)
  65. Jackson Pollock The She-Wolf 1943

    Jackson Pollock. The She-Wolf. 1943 (English)
  66. Arshile Gorky Summation 1947

    Arshile Gorky. Summation. 1947 (English)
  67. Helen Frankenthaler Jacob's Ladder 1957

    Helen Frankenthaler. Jacob's Ladder. 1957 (English)
  68. Cy Twombly Leda and the Swan 1962

    Cy Twombly. Leda and the Swan. 1962 (English)
  69. Jasper Johns. <i>Flag</i>. 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.

    Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954-55 (dated on reverse 1954) (English)
  70. Joseph Kosuth One and Three Chairs 1965

    Joseph Kosuth. One and Three Chairs. 1965 (English)
  71. Lee Bontecou. <i>Untitled.</i> 1961

    Lee Bontecou. Untitled. 1961 (English)
  72. Richard Serra (American, born 1939) Cutting Device: Base Plate Measure 1969

    Richard Serra. Cutting Device: Base Plate Measure. 1969 (English)
  73. Oil on canvas, 42 x 54" (106.6 x 137.1 cm). Gift of the artist. © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY<br /><br /> Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide

    Adolph Gottlieb. Man Looking at Woman. 1949 (English)
  74. Oil on composition board, 48 x 37" (121.9 x 93.9 cm). Gift of Alfonso A. Ossorio. © 2010 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Lee Krasner. Untitled. 1949 (English)
  75. Oil on canvas and oil on masking tape on canvas, 27 1/4 x 16 1/4" (69.2 x 41.2 cm). Gift of Annalee Newman. © 2010 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Barnett Newman. Onement, I. 1948 (English)
  76. Oil on canvas, 6' 3 3/8" x 7' 3/4" (191.4 x 215.2 cm).<br /> Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.<br /> © 2010 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Mark Rothko. Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea. 1944 (English)
  77. 51022

    Jackson Pollock. Echo: Number 25, 1951. 1951 (English)
  78. 51050

    Mark Rothko. No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black). 1958 (English)
  79. Oil on canvas, 9' x 40" (274.3 x 101.5 cm). Purchase.<br /> © 2010 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Ad Reinhardt. Abstract Painting. 1957 (English)
  80. Oil on canvas, 6' 10" x 11' 6 1/4" (208.2 x 351.1 cm)<br /> Charles Mergentime Fund

    Robert Motherwell. Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 108. 1965-67 (English)
  81. 42776

    Louise Bourgeois. Quarantania I. 1947-53; reassembled by the artist 1981 (English)
  82. John Baldessari. What Is Painting. 1966–68

    John Baldessari. What Is Painting. 1966–68 (English)
  83. Richard Serra (American, born 1939) To Lift 1967

    Richard Serra. To Lift. 1967 (English)
  84. 42790

    Agnes Martin. The Tree. 1964 (English)
  85. 42804

    Roy Lichtenstein. Drowning Girl. 1963 (English)
  86. 51106

    Louise Bourgeois. Sleeping Figure. 1950 (English)
  87. Richard Artschwager (American, born 1923) Johnson Wax Building 1974

    Richard Artschwager. Johnson Wax Building. 1974 (English)
  88. MoMA Audio: Collection

    Vito Acconci discusses various MoMA collection works (English)
  89. 42846

    Joseph Beuys. Eurasian Siberian Symphony 1963. 1966 (English)
  90. Jackie Winsor (American, born Canada, 1941) Burnt Piece 1977-78

    Jackie Winsor. Burnt Piece. 1977-78 (English)
  91. 46416

    Franz Kline. Painting Number 2. 1954 (English)
  92. James Rosenquist. <i>F-111</i> (detail). 1964–65. Oil on canvas with aluminum, 23 sections. 10 x 86' (304.8 x 2621.3 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alex L. Hillman and Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (both by exchange). © 2011 James Rosenquist/Licensed by VAGA, New York

    James Rosenquist. F-111. 1964–65 (English)
  93. Vija Celmins (American, born Latvia, 1938) To Fix the Image in Memory 1977-82

    Vija Celmins. To Fix the Image in Memory. 1977–82 (English)
  94. Richard Serra (American, born 1939) Delineator 1974-75

    Richard Serra. Delineator. 1974-75 (English)
  95. Edward Ruscha American, born 1937 Stains 1969

    Edward Ruscha. Stains. 1969
  96. Norman Lewis. City Night. 1949

    Norman Lewis. City Night. 1949 (English)
  97. 51092

    Louise Nevelson. Hanging Column (from Dawn's Wedding Feast). 1959 (English)
  98. 51036

    Jackson Pollock. Easter and the Totem. 1953 (English)
  99. 51008

    Arshile Gorky. Diary of a Seducer. 1945 (English)
  100. Vija Celmins. Gun with Hand #1. 1964

    Vija Celmins. Gun with Hand #1. 1964 (English)
  101. Driftwood<br /> 41 x 21 x 8 1/4" (104.1 x 53.3 x 20.9 cm)<br /> No secondary markings<br /> Florene May Schoenborn Bequest<br /> © 2010 Estate of Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Isamu Noguchi. My Pacific (Polynesian Culture). 1942
  102. A Living Man Declared Dead And Other Chapters Copyright 2011 Taryn Simon

    Taryn Simon. A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII (detail). 2011 (English)
  103. Hannah Höch. <i>Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum</i>. 1930. Photomontage with collage. 10 1/8 x 8 7/8". The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Frances Keech Fund.

    Hannah Höch. Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum. 1930.
  104. Barnett Newman Broken Obelisk 1963-69

    Barnett Newman. Broken Obelisk. 1963–69 (English)
  105. Jennifer Bartlett (American, born 1941) Detail from Rhapsody 1975-76

    Jennifer Bartlett. Detail from Rhapsody. 1975-76 (English)
  106. Robert Longo, Pressure, 1982-83

    Robert Longo. Pressure. 1982-83 (English)
  107. David Salle, Muscular Paper, 1985

    David Salle. Muscular Paper. 1985 (English)
  108. Gilbert & George, Live's, 1984

    Gilbert & George. Live's. 1984 (English)
  109. Jeff Koons, New Shelton Wet/Dry Doubledecker, 1981

    Jeff Koons. New Shelton Wet/Dry Doubledecker. 1981 (English)
  110. Martin Kippenberger. <i>Untitled</i> from the series <i>Dear Painter, Paint for Me (Ohne title aus der serie Lieber Maler, male mir)</i>, 1981. Acrylic on canvas, 8’ 2 ½” x 9’ 10 1/2 in. The Museum of Modern Art. Promised gift of Steven and Alexandra Cohen. © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

    Martin Kippenberger. Untitled from the Series Dear Painter, Paint for Me. 1981 (English)
  111. Martin Kippenberger. <i>Martin, Into the Corner, You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself (Martin, ab in die Ecke und schäm dich)</i>. 1992. Cast aluminum, clothing, and iron plate. 71 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 13 1/2" (181.6 x 74.9 x 34.3 cm). Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund Bequest, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Jerry I. Speyer, and Michael and Judy Ovitz Funds. The Museum of Modern Art. © Gisela Capitain

    Martin Kippenberger. Martin, Into the Corner, You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself. 1992 (English)
  112. Allan McCollum. Collection of Forty Plaster Surrogates. 1982–84

    Allan McCollum. Collection of Forty Plaster Surrogates. 1982–84 (English)
  113. Jeff Koons. Three Ball 50/50 Tank (Two Dr. J. Silver Series, Wilson Supershot). 1985

    Jeff Koons. Three Ball 50/50 Tank (Two Dr. J. Silver Series, Wilson Supershot). 1985 (English)
  114. MoMA Audio: Collection

    Keith Haring. Untitled, 1982 (English)
  115. Ralph Borland Suited for Subversion Prototype. 2002

    Ralph Borland. Suited for Subversion. Prototype. 2002 (English)
  116. Installation view of the Contemporary Galleries at The Museum of Modern Art, 2011. Photo © Scott Rudd. “Untitled (Free/Still).” Rirkrit Tiravanija. 1992/1995/2007/2011-. Refrigerator, table, chairs, wood, drywall, food and other materials Dimensions variable. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wallach (by exchange)

    Rirkrit Tiravanija. Untitled (Free/Still), 1992/1995/2007/2011- (English)
  117. MoMA logo

    Zarina Hashmi. Home is a Foreign Place. 1999 (English)
  118. family romance

    Charles Ray. Family Romance. 1993
  119. Charles Simonds (American, born 1945) People Who Live in a Circle. They Excavate Their Past and Rebuild It into Their Present. Their Dwelling Functions as a Personal and Cosmological Clock, Seasonal, Harmonic, Obsessive 1972

    Charles Simonds. People Who Live in a Circle. They Excavate Their Past and Rebuild It into Their Present. Their Dwelling Functions as a Personal and Cosmological Clock, Seasonal, Harmonic, Obsessive. 1972
  120. MoMA Audio: Collection

    Introduction to the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden (English)
  121. Scott Burton Pair of Rock Chairs 1980-81

    Scott Burton. Pair of Rock Chairs. 1980–81 (English)
  122. Hector Guimard Entrance Gate to Paris Subway (Métropolitain) Station Paris, France. c. 1900

    Hector Guimard. Entrance Gate to Paris Subway (Métropolitain) Station. Paris, France. c. 1900 (English)
  123. Aristide Maillol The River Begun 1938-39; completed 1943 (cast 1948)

    Aristide Maillol. The River. Begun 1938-39; completed 1943 (cast 1948) (English)
  124. 42734

    Anthony Caro. Midday. 1960 (English)
  125. watertower

    Rachel Whiteread. Water Tower. 1998 (English)

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