"Modern Art is confessedly a rather vague term. It may, however, be taken generally to include the work of artists outside of the academic tradition who show originality in their work and depend upon the lessons of the past only for progress towards new ideas."

	Capt. Joseph S. Rosenthal, USGC; Carl Van Vechten; and Coast Guardsman Jacob Lawrence at a private preview of Lawrence's exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. October 10, 1944. Photograph ©1999 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.