EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
MoMA Staff
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James Johnson Sweeney
American, 1900–1986
New York Times Review of the exhibition
PUBLISHED
19 March 1935
AFRICAN NEGRO ART ON EXHIBITION HERE; An Unusual Show Opens With Reception at Museum of Modern Art.
Superbly installed, the exhibition of African Negro art assembled and directed by James Johnson Sweeney opened with a reception last evening at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street. Beginning today, and until May 19, this large and extremely interesting collection will be on public view.
New York Times • page 19 • 682 words