Exhibition history

Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 × 36 1/4" (73.7 × 92.1 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

501: 19th-Century Innovators

Through fall 2021

MoMA

Collection gallery

Paul Cézanne. Forest Landscape (Intérieur de forêt). 1904–06. Pencil and watercolor on paper, 18 5/8 × 23 5/8" (47.3 × 60 cm). Private collection

Cézanne Drawing

Through Sep 25

MoMA

Henri Rousseau. The Dream. 1910. Oil on canvas, 6' 8 1/2" × 9' 9 1/2" (204.5 × 298.5 cm). Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller

518: A Surrealist Art History

Fall 2019–Spring 2021

MoMA

Collection gallery

Installation view of the exhibition, Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation. November 20, 2004–December 31, 2005. IN1931.4. Photograph by Thomas Griesel

Painting & Sculpture II

Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013

MoMA

Georges-Pierre Seurat. Stone Breaker, Le Raincy. c. 1879–81. Conté crayon and graphite on paper, 12 1/8 × 14 3/4″ (30.8 × 37.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Lillie P. Bliss Collection

Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983

Oct 19, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

MoMA

Henri Matisse. Bathers by a River. 1909–10, 1913, 1916–17. Oil on canvas, 102 1/2 × 154 3/16″ (260 × 392 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917

Jul 18–Oct 11, 2010

MoMA

Mark Rothko. Archaic Idol. 1945. Ink and gouache on paper, 21 7/8 × 30″ (55.6 × 76.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, 1978. © 2000 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times

Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010

MoMA

Paul Signac. Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890. 1890. Oil on canvas, 29 × 36 1/2″ (73.5 × 92.5 cm). Fractional gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Cezanne to Picasso: Paintings from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection

Jul 17–Aug 31, 2009

MoMA

Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained

Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006

MoMA

Odilon Redon. The Giant (Man with a Club). c. 1890. Oil on prepared paper, 25 1/2 × 20 1/4″ (64.8 × 51.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of The Ian Woodner Family Collection

Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part One

Jan 26–Apr 24, 2006

MoMA

Paul Cezanne. *L’Estaque. 1879–83. Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 39″ (80.3 × 99.4 cm). The William S. Paley Collection

Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro 1865–1885

Jun 26–Sep 12, 2005

MoMA

Artists & Prints: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art, Part 2

Apr 13–Jul 4, 2005

MoMA

Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945

Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005

MoMA

Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43. Oil on canvas, 50 × 50″ (127 × 127 cm). Given anonymously

To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection

Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004

MoMA

Ellsworth Kelly. Wild Grape. 1960. Pencil on two sheets of paper, overall: 28 1/2 × 25″ (72.4 × 114.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Kathy and Richard Fuld, Jr. in honor of Ellsworth Kelly’s 80th birthday. © 2003 Ellsworth Kelly

Pencil: Drawings from the Collection

Sep 18, 2003–Mar 8, 2004

MoMA

Collection Highlights (2001)

Feb 1, 2001–Feb 19, 2002

MoMA

Collection Highlights (2000)

May 25, 2000–Jan 28, 2001

MoMA

Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. New York, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913). Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 × 25 × 16 1/2ʺ (129.5 × 63.5 × 41.9 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp

ModernStarts: Things

Nov 18, 1999–Mar 14, 2000

MoMA

MoMA2000, ModernStarts, Places: French Landscape, The Modernist Vision, 1880-1920

Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000

MoMA

Henri Matisse. Dance (I). Paris, Boulevard des Invalides, early 1909. Oil on canvas, 8ʹ 6 1/2ʺ × 12ʹ 9 1/2ʺ (259.7 × 390.1 cm). Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 2016 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

ModernStarts: People

Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People: Actors, Dancers, Bathers

Oct 6, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

MoMA

MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure

Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

MoMA

A Decade of Collecting: Selected Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing

Jun 5–Sep 9, 1997

MoMA

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Jane Avril. 1899. Lithograph, composition: 22 1/16 × 14 1/16″ (56 × 35.7 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 15″ (56 × 38.1 cm). Publisher: Jane Avril, Paris. Printer: Henri Stern, Paris. Edition: 25. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Paris—The 1890s

Jun 19–Sep 2, 1997

MoMA

Impressions of Nature

Sep 16, 1995–Jan 2, 1996

MoMA

André Derain. Charing Cross Bridge. London, 1905–06. Oil on canvas, 32 1/8 × 39 5/8ʺ (81.7 × 100.7 cm). Fractional gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Paige Knight

Masterpieces from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Manet to Picasso

Jun 9–Sep 6, 1994

MoMA

Henri Matisse. Portrait of Mme Manguin. 1905–06. Ink and gouache on paper, 24 1/2 × 18 1/2″ (62.2 × 47 cm). Purchase. © 2016 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Modern Drawing: A Selection from the Collection, 1884–1961

Oct 23, 1993–Feb 15, 1994

MoMA

Jacques Villon. The Game of Solitaire (Les Cartes). 1903. Aquatint and etching, plate: 13 11/16 × 17 5/8″ (34.8 × 44.8 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 × 21 5/16″ (45.8 × 54.1 cm). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Pastimes in Prints

Jul 22–Sep 28, 1993

MoMA

Masterworks from the Collection Pre-1945

Jul 8–Aug 3, 1993

MoMA

Selections from the Collection (1993)

Mar 15–Jul 6, 1993

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Jul 1, 1993

MoMA

Selections From The Collection (1992)

Sep 9, 1992–Feb 21, 1993

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992

MoMA

Modern Drawing from 1881–1940

May 28–Jul 20, 1992

MoMA

Color Prints from France: 1890–1910

Aug 8–Nov 5, 1991

MoMA

Artist’s Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait

Jan 10–Mar 19, 1991

MoMA

Drawing in Europe, 1881–1938

Jul 19–Sep 21, 1990

MoMA

Prints: Proofs and Variants

Nov 16, 1989–Mar 13, 1990

MoMA

Master Prints from the Collection

Apr 6–Aug 8, 1989

MoMA

Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Mar 16–Jul 4, 1989

MoMA

A Cezanne Treasure: The Basel Sketchbooks

Mar 10–Jun 5, 1988

MoMA

Naked/Nude

May 29–Sep 30, 1986

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

May 17–Sep 1, 1984

MoMA

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Oct 26, 1983–Jan 3, 1984

MoMA

Masterpieces from the Collection

Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983

MoMA

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

Mar 1–16, 1982

MoMA

Reinstallation of the Collection

Oct 23, 1980–Jan 3, 1982

MoMA