Exhibition history

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

Ongoing

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Valentina Kulagina (Russian, 1902–1907). Maquette for We Are Building (Stroim). 1929. Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, sandpaper, gouache, and pencil on paper, 22 5/8 × 14 1/4" (57.5 × 36.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women’s Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest.

Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented

Dec 13, 2020–Apr 10, 2021

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Lyubov Popova. Painterly Architectonic. 1917. Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 38 5/8" (80 × 98 cm). Philip Johnson Fund

512: Abstraction and Utopia

Fall 2019–Fall 2020

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Jesús Rafael Soto (Venezuelan, 1923–2005). Doble transparencia (Double Transparency) (detail). 1956. Oil on plexiglass and wood with metal rods and bolts, 21 5/8 × 21 5/8 × 12 5/8″ (55 × 55 × 32 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Ana Teresa Arismendi. © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift

May 28–Sep 12, 2020

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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013

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Soundings: A Contemporary Score

Aug 10–Nov 3, 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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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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Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained

Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006

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Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945

Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005

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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

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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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Collection Highlights (2001)

Feb 1, 2001–Feb 19, 2002

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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

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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: Places - Unreal City

Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000

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MoMA2000, ModernStarts, Places: Seasons and Moments

Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000

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Simple Gifts: A Selection of Gifts to the Collection from Lily Auchincloss

Oct 18–23, 1996

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Piet Mondrian. Composition in Oval with Color Planes 1. 1914. Oil on canvas, 42 3/8 × 31″ (107.6 × 78.8 cm). Purchase

Piet Mondrian: 1872–1944

Oct 1, 1995–Jan 23, 1996

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Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995

May 27–Sep 5, 1995

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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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Selections from the Collection (1993)

Mar 15–Jul 6, 1993

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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Jul 1, 1993

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Selections From The Collection (1992)

Sep 9, 1992–Feb 21, 1993

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992

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Modern Drawing from 1881–1940

May 28–Jul 20, 1992

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The Modern Still Life: Selections from the Drawing Collection

Sep 19, 1991–Jan 15, 1992

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Pablo Picasso. The Charnel House. Paris, 1944–45. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 6′ 6 5/8″ × 8′ 2 1/2″ (199.8 × 250.1 cm). Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn Bequest (by exchange), and Mrs. Marya Bernard Fund in memory of her husband Dr. Bernard Bernard, and anonymous funds. © 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Art of the Forties

Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991

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Master Prints from the Collection (1990)

Jul 26–Nov 13, 1990

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Drawing in Europe, 1881–1938

Jul 19–Sep 21, 1990

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Mar 16–Jul 4, 1989

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Abstractions

Nov 17, 1988–Mar 26, 1989

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Recent Acquisitions

Nov 24, 1988–Jan 10, 1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Nov 20, 1987–Mar 8, 1988

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Drawings Acquisitions

Jan 24–Jun 14, 1987

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

Oct 2, 1985–Jan 7, 1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

May 17–Dec 18, 1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

May 17–Sep 1, 1984

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

Oct 26, 1983–Jan 3, 1984

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Mondrian: New York Studio Compositions

Jul 14–Sep 27, 1983

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Masterpieces from the Collection

Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

Mar 1–16, 1982

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Oct 23, 1980–Jan 3, 1982

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Dec 22, 1980–Mar 10, 1981

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Oct 25, 1980–Jan 27, 1981

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Permanent Collection

Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980

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Art of the Twenties

Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

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