Selected works from artists who immigrated to the US: Selected works from artists who immigrated to the US

Selected works from artists who immigrated to the US

Various artists, with Alexander Calder (b. USA. 1898–1976), Marc Chagall (b. Belarus. 1887–1985), Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (b. Portugal. 1908–1992), Adolph Gottlieb (b. USA. 1903–1974), Wifredo Lam (b. Cuba. 1902–1982), Jacques Lipchitz (b. Lithuania. 1891–1973), André Masson (b. France. 1896–1987), Joan Miró (b. Spain. 1893–1983), Robert Motherwell (b. USA. 1915–1991), Fritz Wotruba (b. Austria. 1907–1975), and Édouard Pignon (b. France. 1905–1993). Flight; Marc Chagall, Untitled lithograph from Flight. 1971

This portfolio, which features works by several refugee artists, was produced to raise awareness and funds for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Refugee artists featured in the portfolio, such as Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz, and André Masson, escaped Europe and reached the US during World War II through the assistance of Varian Fry from the IRC (then the Emergency Rescue Committee), and The Museum of Modern Art through the efforts of Marga and Alfred H. Barr, Jr.