Henri Rousseau The Dream 1910
- MoMA, Floor 5, 501 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 6' 8 1/2" x 9' 9 1/2" (204.5 x 298.5 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller
- Object number
- 252.1954
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Henri Rousseau has 3 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan
Jun 4–Sep 24, 1935
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Henri Rousseau
Mar 18–May 3, 1942
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Painting, Sculpture, Prints
May 24–Oct 15, 1944
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
1 other work identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
1 other work identified
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Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
1 other work identified
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Henri Rousseau
Feb 21–Jun 4, 1985
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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
2 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
1 other work identified
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ModernStarts: Places
Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
2 other works identified
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Collection Highlights (2000)
May 25, 2000–Jan 28, 2001
2 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
2 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
6 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
4 other works identified
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518: A Surrealist Art History
Fall 2019–Spring 2021
2 other works identified
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518: A Surrealist Art History
Fall 2019–Spring 2021
1 other work identified
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518: A Surrealist Art History
Fall 2019–Spring 2021
3 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
3 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
2 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
7 other works identified
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502: Lillie P. Bliss
Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
4 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris. Purchased from Rousseau in February 1910 – 1933
Knoedler Galleries, New York. November 1933 – January 1934
Sidney Janis, New York. Purchased from Knoedler, January 1934 - 1953
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York. Purchased from Sidney Janis, May 1953 - 1954
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, on the occasion of the Museum's 25th anniversary, 1954
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