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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

Ongoing

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Norman Lewis, Phantasy II, 1946. Oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 35 7/8" (71.4 x 91.2 cm). Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: John Wronn

401: Out of War

Fall 2019 - Winter 2023

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Joan Miró. The Birth of the World. Montroig, late summer–fall 1925. Oil on canvas, 8' 2 3/4" x 6' 6 3/4" (250.8 x 200 cm). Acquired through an anonymous fund, the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Slifka and Armand G. Erpf Funds, and by gift of the artist. © 2018 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Joan Miró: Birth of the World

Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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Öyvind Fahlström. Plan for World Trade Monopoly. 1970. Cut-and-pasted paper with synthetic polymer paint, ink, and colored pencil on paper. 16 5/8 × 14″ (42 × 35.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund © 2009 Öyvind Fahlström / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany.

Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing

Mar 26–Jul 7, 2008

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Joan Miró. Drawing-Collage. 1936. Crayon and decals on paper, 25 1/4 × 17 1/8″ (64 × 43.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller. © 2006 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two

May 10–Oct 2, 2006

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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

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Dinos and Jake Chapman. Untitled, from the portfolio Exquisite Corpse. 2000. Etching. Plate: 9 1/16 × 7 1/16″ (23 × 18 cm). Publisher: The Paragon Press, London. Printer: Hope (Sufferance) Press, London. Edition: 30. The Museum of Modern Art. Roxanne H. Frank Fund

The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now

Jan 25–Apr 17, 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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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

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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

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

Jan 21–May 5, 1999

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Joan Miró. Plate 8 from Black and Red Series (Série noire et rouge). 1938. Etching, 6 5/8 × 10 1/8ʺ (16.8 × 26.8 cm). Purchased with the Frances Keech Fund and funds given by Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Gilbert Kaplan, Jeanne C. Thayer, Reba and Dave Williams, Ann and Lee Fensterstock, Linda Barth Goldstein, Walter Bareiss, Mrs. Melville Wakeman Hall, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Schimmel. © 2016 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Miró’s Black and Red Series: A New Acquisition in Context

Nov 19, 1998–Feb 2, 1999

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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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Fantastic Prints

Feb 6–May 6, 1997

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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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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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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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Barbara Kruger. Untitled (Printed Matter Matters). (1989). Photolithograph, offset printed and engraved typography, plate 23 5/16 × 21 1/4″ (59.2 × 54 cm), sheet 25 × 23″ (63 × 58.5 cm). Riva Castleman Fund. © 2017 Barbara Kruger

Reading Prints

Mar 4–Jul 6, 1993

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The Surrealist Drawing: A Selection from the Collection

Apr 18–Sep 3, 1991

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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Drawn in America, 1898–1945

Nov 1, 1990–Mar 5, 1991

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Master Prints from the Collection

Apr 6–Aug 8, 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

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

Mar 1–16, 1982

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Words and Pictures

Aug 20–Oct 6, 1981

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

Mar 19–Jun 2, 1981

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Art of the Twenties

Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Gifts of Drawing

Aug 9–Nov 13, 1979

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

The James Thrall Soby Bequest

Mar 22–May 9, 1979

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Arp on Paper

Dec 15, 1977–Mar 5, 1978

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Dream/Reality/Dream

Sep 26–Nov 28, 1977

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976

Nov 23, 1976–Feb 20, 1977

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Aug 20–Nov 14, 1976

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

In the Twenties

Mar 21–Jun 15, 1975

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

American Prints: 1913–1963

Dec 3, 1974–Mar 3, 1975

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Jun 13–Sep 8, 1974

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Oct 18, 1972–Jan 7, 1973

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