An examination of the radical evolution in the treatment of space, color, form, composition, and expression in this genre during the 20th century.
Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
May 25–Aug 26, 1997
MoMA

Publications
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Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life Clothbound, 232 pages
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Objects of desire : the modern still life Out of print, 242 pages
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Objects of desire : the modern still life : May 25-August 26, 1997, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Out of print, 6 pages
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Press release 6 pages
Artists
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Umberto Boccioni
Italian, 1882–191663 exhibitions, 20 works online -
Georges Braque
French, 1882–1963132 exhibitions, 60 works online -
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian, born Greece. 1888–1978111 exhibitions, 109 works online -
Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–197242 exhibitions, 25 works online -
Marcel Duchamp
American, born France. 1887–1968101 exhibitions, 160 works online - There are 17 artists in this exhibition online.
Installation images
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