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Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair. 1940. Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 × 11" (40 × 27.9 cm). Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

517: Surrealist Objects

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Ellsworth Kelly. Colors for a Large Wall. 1951. Oil on canvas, sixty-four panels. 7' 10 1/2" x 7' 10 1/2" (240 x 240 cm). Gift of the artist. © 2018 Ellsworth Kelly

406A: In and Out of Paris

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508: According to the Laws of Chance

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Joaquín Torres-García. Composition. 1931. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 24" (91.7 x 61 cm), Gift of Larry Aldrich. Photo: Thomas Griesel

512: Circle and Square, Joaquin Torres-Garcia and Piet Mondrian

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Five Extended Figures. 1926. Gouache, metallic paint, and pencil on paper. 11 1/2 × 9 1/16″ (29.2 × 23 cm). Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin. Photo Alex Delfanne

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction

Nov 21, 2021–Mar 12, 2022

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Installation view of Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 21, 2019–April 12, 2020. © 2020 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Heidi Bohnenkamp

Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape

Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020

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Max Ernst. The Gramineous Bicycle Garnished with Bells the Dappled Fire Damps and the Echinoderms Bending the Spine to Look for Caresses (La Biciclette graminée garnie de grelots les grisons grivelés et les échinodermes courbants l'échine pour quêter des caresses). c. 1921. Gouache, ink, and pencil on printed paper on paperboard, 29 1/4 x 39 1/4" (74.3 x 99.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1937. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Robert Gerhardt

Max Ernst: Beyond Painting

Sep 23, 2017–Jan 1, 2018

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Lilly Reich. Women’s Fashion Exhibition, Berlin, Germany. View of the Velvet and Silk Café. 1927. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 10″ (20.3 × 25.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect

How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior

Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017

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Francis Picabia. Tableau Rastadada. 1920. Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper with ink, 7 1⁄2 × 6 3⁄4″ (19 × 17.1 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange), 2014. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Dadaglobe Reconstructed

Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016

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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

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John Cage. 4′33″ (In Proportional Notation). 1952/53. Ink on paper, each page: 11 × 8 1/2″ (27.9 × 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012. © 2013 John Cage Trust

There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4′33″

Oct 12, 2013–Jun 22, 2014

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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013

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František Kupka. Localization of Graphic Motifs II. 1912–13. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 76 3/8″ (200 × 194 cm), frame: 78 3/4 × 76 3/8″ (200 × 194 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Gift of Jan and Meda Mladek. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925

Dec 23, 2012–Apr 15, 2013

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Anna Maria Maiolino. Desde A até M (From A to M), from the series Mapas Mentais (Mental Maps). 1972–99. Thread, synthetic polymer paint, ink, transfer type, and pencil on paper, 19 5/8 × 19 1/2″ (49.8 × 49.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, purchase

On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century

Nov 21, 2010–Feb 7, 2011

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Meret Oppenheim. Object. 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

The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection

Jun 24, 2009–Jan 4, 2010

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László Moholy-Nagy. Untitled, from Constructions. 1923. Lithograph, sheet: 23 9/16 × 17 5/16″ (59.8 × 44 cm). Publisher: Eckart von Sydow and Verlag des Buchhändlers Ludwig Eye, Hannover, Germany. Printer: Leunis & Chapman, Hannover, Germany. Edition: 50. The Museum of Modern Art. Acquired through the publisher. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection

Jun 11–Aug 18, 2008

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Untitled (Dada Head). 1920. Oil on turned wood, h. 11 9/16″ (29.4 cm). Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne-Centre de création industrielle, Paris. Purchase, 2003. CNAC/MNAM/Dist. Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. © 2006 Sophie Taeuber-Arp/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bon

Dada

Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006

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Jean (Hans) Arp. Mustache Hat, from 7 Arpaden. 1923. One from a portfolio of seven lithographs, sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 3/4″ (45.1 × 34.9 cm). Publisher: Merzverlag (Kurt Schwitters), Hannover, Germany. Printer: unknown. Edition: 50. Gift of J. B. Neumann. © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-kunst, Bonn

Between Representation and Abstraction

Oct 19, 2005–Jan 9, 2006

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945

Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005

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Jacques de la Villeglé. 122 rue du Temple. 1968. Torn and collaged painted and printed paper on linen, 62 5/8″ × 6' 10 3/4″ (159.2 × 210.3 cm). Gift of Joachim Aberbach (by exchange). © 2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art, 1880 to Now

Apr 28–Aug 1, 2004

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Sylvie Fleury. His Mistress’ Toy (for Parkett no. 58). 2000. Multiple of polyurethane shoe with integrated noisemaker, Overall: 4 7/16 × 3 3/4 × 7 11/16″ (11.2 × 9.5 × 19.5 cm). Roxanne H. Frank Fund

Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now

Apr 5–Jun 5, 2001

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Jean (Hans) Arp. Two Heads. 1929. Painted wood relief, 47 1/4 × 39 1/4″ (120 × 99.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2000 ARS, N.Y./VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Making Choices

Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure

Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

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Alberto Giacometti. Cubist Head. 1933. Engraving, plate: 12 1/16 × 10ʺ (30.6 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16ʺ (50.8 × 38 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: the artist at Atelier 17, Paris. Edition: unique. Gift of Mr. Stanley W. Hayter. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors

Jun 9–Oct 13, 1998

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Fernand Léger. La Grande Julie (Big Julie). 1945. Oil on canvas. 44 × 50 1/8″ (111.8 × 127.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, 1945. Photograph © 1998 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © Estate of Fernand Léger/Artists Rights Society (ARS), N.Y.

Fernand Léger

Feb 15–May 12, 1998

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A. R. Penck (Ralf Winkler). Untitled plate from the portfolio Ur End Standart. 1972. One from a portfolio of fifteen screenprints; composition (irreg.): 24 13/16 × 24 1/8″ (63 × 61.3 cm); sheet: 27 3/16 × 27 3/16″ (69 × 69 cm). Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund. © 2016 A.R. Penck

More than One: Twentieth-Century Print Portfolios

May 16–Sep 2, 1997

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Master Prints from the Collection

May 18–Oct 1, 1996

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Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection

Oct 12, 1995–Jan 23, 1996

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Impressions of Nature

Sep 16, 1995–Jan 2, 1996

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Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995

May 27–Sep 5, 1995

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Paul Gauguin. Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent). 1894, printed 1921. One from a series of eight woodcuts, composition: 14 × 8 1/16″ (35.5 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 9/16″ (42.3 × 26.8 cm). Publisher: Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen. Printer: Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen. Edition: 100. Lillie P. Bliss Collection. Photo: Thomas Griesel

A Century of Artists Books

Oct 23, 1994–Jan 24, 1995

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Paul Klee. Tightrope Walker (Seiltänzer) from the portfolio Art of the Present (Die Kunst der Gegenwart). 1923. Lithograph, composition: 17 1/16 × 10 5/8″ (43.4 × 27 cm); sheet: 17 15/16 × 11 1/8″ (45.6 × 28.3 cm). Publisher: Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich. Printer: Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar. Edition: 300. Given anonymously. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Three Masters of the Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Vasily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee

Jan 27–May 17, 1994

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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

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Joan Miró. Woman and Dog in Front of the Moon (Femme et chien devant la lune). 1935, published 1936. Pochoir, composition: 20 3/16 × 17 7/8″ (51.3 × 45.4 cm); sheet: 25 11/16 × 19 5/8″ (65 × 49.8 cm). Publisher: Group Adlan, Barcelona. Printer: unknown. Edition: 60. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw (by exchange). © 2016 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Miró Prints and Books from New York Collections

Oct 17, 1993–Jan 11, 1994

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Selections From The Collection (1992)

Sep 9, 1992–Feb 21, 1993

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Modern Drawing from 1881–1940

May 28–Jul 20, 1992

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Master Prints from the Collection

Nov 21, 1991–Mar 24, 1992

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The Surrealist Drawing: A Selection from the Collection

Apr 18–Sep 3, 1991

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Still Life Into Object

Nov 22, 1990–Mar 19, 1991

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Drawing in Europe, 1881–1938

Jul 19–Sep 21, 1990

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The Cubist Imprint

Aug 18–Nov 7, 1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Apr 6–Aug 8, 1989

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Abstractions

Nov 17, 1988–Mar 26, 1989

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Nov 3, 1988–Feb 28, 1989

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

European Drawing Between the Wars

Oct 24, 1987–Mar 1, 1988

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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Aug 6–Dec 8, 1987

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Sculptors’ Drawings

Apr 26–Sep 2, 1986

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

Oct 2, 1985–Jan 7, 1986

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