Exhibition history

Willi Ruge (German, 1882–1961). Seconds before Landing, from the series I Photograph Myself during a Parachute Jump. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 × 5 9/16″ (20.4 × 14.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther

Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949

Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015

MoMA

Ladislav Sutnar. Prototype for Build the Town Building Blocks. 1940–43. Painted wood, large block: 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4″ (4.4 × 7 × 7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ctislav Sutnar and Radoslav Sutnar

Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012

MoMA

Emil Nolde. Young Couple. 1913. Lithograph, comp.: 24 1/2 × 19 13/16″ (62.2 × 50.3 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: Westphalen, Flensburg, Germany. Edition: 112 in 68 color variations. The Museum of Modern Art. Purchase. © Nolde Stiftung, Seebüll, Germany

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse

Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011

MoMA

Oskar Schlemmer. Bauhaus Stairway. 1932. Oil on canvas. 63 7/8 × 45″ (162.3 × 114.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2009 Estate of Oskar Schlemmer, Munich/Germany

Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity

Nov 8, 2009–Jan 25, 2010

MoMA

Pablo Picasso. The Weeping Woman, I (La Femme qui pleure, I), State III. July 1, 1937. Drypoint, aquatint, etching, and scraper; plate: 27 1/8 × 19 1/2″ (68.9 × 49.5 cm); sheet: 30 5/16 × 22 5/16″ (77 × 56.7 cm). Publisher: the artist, Paris. Printer: Lacourière, Paris. Edition: 15. Acquired through the generosity of the Katsko Suzuki Memorial Fund, the Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, David Rockefeller, The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund, and Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro; Linda and Bill Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Schimmel, the Edward John Noble Foundation, and the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books; The Cowles Charitable Trust, Nelson Blitz, Jr. with Catherine Woodard and Perri and Allison Blitz, Mary Ellen Meehan, and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro; and Ruth and Louis Aledort, Carol and Bert Freidus, David S. Orentreich, M.D., and Susan and Peter Ralston. © 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

About Face: Selections from the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books

May 21–Jun 5, 2001

MoMA

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Cover for the portfolio L’Estampe originale (The Original Print). 1893. Lithograph, 22 1/4 × 25 11/16″ (56.5 × 65.2 cm). Publisher: Editions du Journal des artistes, Paris. Printer: Edward Ancourt, Paris. Edition: 100. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Grace M. Mayer Bequest

What Is a Print?

Mar 22–Jun 5, 2001

MoMA

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

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

MoMA2000, ModernStarts: Places - Unreal City

Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000

MoMA

Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawings

Jan 21–May 5, 1999

MoMA

Paul Klee. Aged Phoenix (Greiser Phoenix) from the series Inventions (Inventionen). 1905. Etching, composition and sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 9/16″ (26.3 × 19.2 cm). Publisher: the artist, Bern. Printer: Max Girardet, Bern. Purchase. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: Robert Gerhardt

From Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to Andy Warhol: Exploring Techniques

Sep 18, 1997–Feb 8, 1998

MoMA

Impressions of Nature

Sep 16, 1995–Jan 2, 1996

MoMA

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

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Jul 1, 1993

MoMA

Four German Printmakers: Max Klinger, Lovis Corinth, Christian Rohlfs, and Otto Dix

Apr 4–Jul 23, 1991

MoMA

Still Life Into Object

Nov 22, 1990–Mar 19, 1991

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High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture

Oct 7, 1990–Jan 15, 1991

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Master Prints from the Collection (1990)

Jul 26–Nov 13, 1990

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Figurative Inventions

Mar 22–Jul 17, 1990

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Nov 16, 1989–Mar 13, 1990

MoMA

The Cubist Imprint

Aug 18–Nov 7, 1989

MoMA

Abstractions

Nov 17, 1988–Mar 26, 1989

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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Aug 6–Dec 8, 1987

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Naked/Nude

May 29–Sep 30, 1986

MoMA

The Expressionist Idiom

May 6–Dec 18, 1985

MoMA

Drawing in Austria and Germany

May 26–Oct 29, 1985

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

May 17–Dec 18, 1984

MoMA

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

Oct 26, 1983–Jan 3, 1984

MoMA

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Mar 3–May 15, 1983

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Art of the Twenties

Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

MoMA

Views Over America

Jun 4–Jul 30, 1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Apr 28–Jul 4, 1978

MoMA

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Aug 20–Nov 14, 1976

MoMA

Prints from the Collection

May 14–Aug 8, 1976

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Feb 9–May 9, 1976

MoMA

Drawings: Recent Gifts

Sep 5–Nov 11, 1975

MoMA

Points of View

Mar 7–Jun 8, 1975

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American Prints: 1913–1963

Dec 3, 1974–Mar 3, 1975

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German Drawing: The Expressionists

Aug 30–Nov 10, 1974

MoMA

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Jun 13–Sep 8, 1974

MoMA

Published in Germany, 1923

Oct 12, 1973–Feb 2, 1974

MoMA

European Drawings from the Collection

Jun 27–Oct 10, 1972

MoMA

Prints for Collectors

Jun 26–Sep 15, 1972

MoMA

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

Dec 24, 1969–Mar 1, 1970

MoMA

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

May 28–Sep 1, 1969

MoMA

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

Nov 27, 1968–Feb 9, 1969

MoMA

Manhattan Observed

Mar 22–Jul 1, 1968

MoMA

Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Jun 26–Nov 22, 1967

MoMA

Lyonel Feininger: The Ruin by the Sea

Aug 1–Sep 24, 1967

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