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

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Collection gallery

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

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Collection gallery

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

Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020

MoMA

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Jane Avril. 1899. Lithograph, sheet: 22 1/16 × 15″ (56 × 38.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1946

The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters

Jul 26, 2014–Mar 22, 2015

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013

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Eliot Porter. Blue-throated Hummingbird, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, May 1959 [Lampornis clemenciae]. 1959. Dye transfer print, 9 5/16 × 7 3/4″ (23.7 × 19.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of David H. McAlpin. © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Artist’s Choice: Trisha Donnelly

Nov 9, 2012–Jul 28, 2013

MoMA

Steve Gianakos. She Could Hardly Wait. 1996. Oil and ink on cut-and-pasted printed paper, 27 x 27 1/2" (68.6 x 69.9 cm). The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift. © 2012 Steve Gianakos

Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012

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

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

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Ellsworth Kelly. Yellow from the series Line Form Color. 1951. Colored Paper. 7 1/2 × 8″ (19 × 20.3 cm). Gift of the artist and purchased with funds provided by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hedges, IV, Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr. and Committee on Drawings Funds. © 2008 Ellsworth Kelly

Artist’s Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus

Dec 11, 2008–Feb 23, 2009

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Rodolfo Abularach. Enigmatic Eye I (Ojo Enigmatico I). 1969. Lithograph, composition 22 5/8 × 29 3/8″ (57.4 × 74.6 cm); sheet 22 5/8 × 29 3/8″ (57.4 × 74.6 cm). Publisher: the artist, New York. Printer: Atelier Mourlot, Ltd., New York. Edition: 100. Inter-American Fund. © 2016 Rodolfo Abularach

Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities

Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008

MoMA

Kara Walker. Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated). 2005. One from a portfolio of fifteen lithograph and screenprints, 39 1/16 x 52 15/16" (99.2 x 134.4 cm). Publisher and printer: LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York. Edition: 35. The Museum of Modern Art. General Print Fund and The Ralph E. Shikes Fund. © 2007 Kara Walker

Repicturing the Past/Picturing the Present

Jun 13–Nov 5, 2007

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

Odilon Redon. The Haunting. 1893, published 1894. Lithograph on chine appliqué. Composition: 14 5/16 × 8 15/16″ (36.3 × 22.7 cm), Sheet: 24 13/16 × 17 11/16″ (63 × 44.9 cm). Publisher: probably the artist, Paris. Printer: Léon Monrocq, Paris. Edition: 50. Gift of The Ian Woodner Family Collection

Beyond the Visible: The Art of Odilon Redon

Oct 30, 2005–Jan 23, 2006

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

Apr 13–Jul 4, 2005

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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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Collection Highlights (2001)

Feb 1, 2001–Feb 19, 2002

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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

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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Language of the Body

Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

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Paul Gauguin. Te Atua (The Gods). 1893–94. Woodcut, 8 × 13 7/8″ (20.3 × 35.2 cm). Printer: the artist, Paris. Edition: approx. 7. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA

Jun 22–Oct 21, 1999

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

Jan 21–May 5, 1999

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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

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

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Fantastic Prints

Feb 6–May 6, 1997

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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

MoMA

Master Prints from the Collection

May 27–Aug 2, 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

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Modern Drawing from 1881–1940

May 28–Jul 20, 1992

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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

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Still Life Into Object

Nov 22, 1990–Mar 19, 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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Master Prints from the Collection

Apr 6–Aug 8, 1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Nov 20, 1987–Mar 8, 1988

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The Prints of Odilon Redon

Oct 2, 1986–Feb 3, 1987

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Naked/Nude

May 29–Sep 30, 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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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

Mar 1–16, 1982

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Words and Pictures

Aug 20–Oct 6, 1981

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Dec 22, 1980–Mar 10, 1981

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Movin'

Dec 6, 1979–Feb 10, 1980

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