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Bibliography on the history and collections of The Museum of Modern Art

Barr, Alfred H., Jr. "Chronicles." Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art 1929–1967. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977, 619–650

Barr, Margaret Scolari. "Our Campaigns: Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and the Museum of Modern Art: A Biographical Chronicle of the Years 1930–1944." The New Criterion, special summer issue 1987, 23–74

Bee, Harriet Schoenholz and Michelle Elligott. Art in Our Time: A Chronicle of The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004.

Elderfield, John. The Modern Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1983

Elderfield, John, ed. Modern Painting and Sculpture: 1880 to the Present at The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004.

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: American Art of the 1960s. Studies in Modern Art, no. 1. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1991

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: Essays on Assemblage. Studies in Modern Art, no. 2. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Studies in Modern Art, no. 3. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art at Mid-Century: At Home and Abroad. Studies in Modern Art, no. 4. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art at Mid-Century: Continuity and Change. Studies in Modern Art, no. 5. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1995

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: Philip Johnson and the Museum of Modern Art. Studies in Modern Art, no. 6. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998

Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: Imagining the Future of the Museum of Modern Art. Studies in Modern Art, no.7. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998

Elderfield, John. Henri Matisse: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996

Goldberger, Paul. "The New MoMA." The New York Times Magazine, 15 April 1984, 36–49

Franc, Helen. An Invitation to See. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992

Goodyear, A. Conger. The Museum of Modern Art: The First Ten Years. New York: by the author, 1943

Hellman, Geoffrey T. "Profiles: Imperturbable Noble." The New Yorker, 7 May 1960. [profile of René d'Harnoncourt]

Hellman, Geoffrey T. "Profiles: Last of Species." The New Yorker, 19 Sept. 1942, 22–26. [profile of Frank Crowninshield]

Hunter, Sam. Introduction to The Museum of Modern Art, New York: The History and the Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984. Reprint, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997

Kahn, E. J. Jr. "Profiles: Resources and Responsibilities, Part I." The New Yorker 40, no. 47, 9 Jan. 1965. [First of two-part profile of David Rockefeller]

Kert, Bernice. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family. New York: Random House, 1993

Lowry, Glenn. Designing the New Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004.

Lynes, Russell. Good Old Modern: An Intimate Portrait of the Museum of Modern Art. New York: Atheneum, 1973

MacDonald, Dwight. "Profiles: Action on West Fifty-third Street, Part I." The New Yorker 29, no. 43, 12 Dec. 1953. [First of two-part profile of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.]

MacDonald, Dwight. "Profiles: Action on West Fifty-third Street, Part II." The New Yorker 29, no. 44, 19 Dec. 1953. [Second of two-part profile of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.]

MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004.

Reed, Peter. A Modern Garden: The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2007

Reed, Peter and William Kaizen, eds. The Show to End All Shows: Frank Lloyd Wright and The Museum of Modern Art, 1940. Studies in Modern Art, no.8. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004.

Roob, Rona. "Alfred H. Barr, Jr.: A Chronicle of the Years 1902–1929." The New Criterion, special summer issue 1987, 1–19

Rubin, William S. Picasso in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1972

Rubin, William S. Miró in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1973

Schulze, Franz. Philip Johnson: Life and Work. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994

Szarkowski, John. Looking at Photographs. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1973

Szarkowski, John. Windows and Mirrors: American Photography Since 1960. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1978

Tomkins, Calvin. "Profiles: Forms Under Light." The New Yorker 53, no. 14, 23 May 1977. [profile of Philip Johnson]

Tomkins, Calvin. "Profiles: The Modernist." The New Yorker 77 no. 34, 5 Nov. 2001. [profile of Kirk Varnedoe]

Pictured above (left to right):
Elderfield, John, ed. The Museum of Modern Art: Imagining the Future of the Museum of Modern Art. Studies in Modern Art, no.7. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998

Bee, Harriet Schoenholz and Michelle Elligott. Art in Our Time: A Chronicle of The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004

Elderfield, John, ed. Modern Painting and Sculpture: 1880 to the Present at The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2004