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Frank Lloyd Wright. Clerestory Windows from Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois. 1912. Clear and colored glass in zinc matrix, Each: 18 5/16 x 34 3/16" (46.5 x 86.8 cm). Joseph H. Heil Fund. © 2017 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

511: Ornament and Abstraction

Ongoing

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Richard Schadewell. Frankfurt (“Bauhaus”) telephone. 1929. Manufacturer: H. Fuld & Co. Telefon und Telegraphenwerke AG, Frankfurt. Bakelite, nickel-plated sheet brass and paint, 5 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 6 1/8" (13 × 11 × 15.5 cm). Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

513: Design for Modern Life

Through summer 2021

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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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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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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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Hiroshi Ohchi. Radio. 1954. Silkscreen, 40 1/2 × 28 1/4″ (102.9 × 71.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer

Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye

Nov 15, 2014–Jan 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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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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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

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Paul Rudolph. Art and Architecture Building, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (partial exterior perspective). 1958. Ink on board, 30 x 40" (72.6 x 101.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of the architect

75 Years of Architecture at MoMA

Nov 16, 2007–Mar 31, 2008

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Architecture & Design Drawings: Rotation 3

Apr 29–Oct 23, 2006

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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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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2

Dec 14, 2005–Apr 6, 2006

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

Nov 20, 2004–Nov 7, 2005

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation

Nov 20, 2004–Mar 21, 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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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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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People: Actors, Dancers, Bathers

Oct 6, 1999–Feb 1, 2000

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Installation view of A Decade of Collecting: Selected Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Thomas Griesel

A Decade of Collecting: Selected Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing

Jun 5–Sep 9, 1997

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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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Modern Drawing from 1881–1940

May 28–Jul 20, 1992

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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Drawings Acquisitions

Jan 24–Jun 14, 1987

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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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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

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

Oct 26, 1983–Jan 3, 1984

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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

Art of the Twenties

Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

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

Apr 28–Jul 4, 1978

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Abstraction-Création, Art Non-Figuratif

Sep 20–Dec 4, 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

Cubism and Its Affinities

Feb 9–May 9, 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

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

Oct 18, 1972–Jan 7, 1973

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection

May 11–Oct 19, 1971

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

From Naturalism to Abstraction: Three Series; Contemporary Sculpture and Constructions

Nov 2, 1970–Feb 1, 1971

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Theo van Doesburg: The Development of an Architect

Apr 10–Jun 7, 1970

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

Jan 25–Mar 10, 1968

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Jan 17–Mar 4, 1968

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Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art

Dec 3, 1960–Jan 8, 1961

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Dec 17, 1958–Feb 23, 1959

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

De Stijl

Dec 16, 1952–Feb 15, 1953

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Three Modern Styles

Jul 11–Sep 5, 1950

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Modern Art in Your Life

Oct 5–Dec 4, 1949

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