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School Programs are made possible by endowments established by The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund. Major annual support is provided by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, in association with America’s Promise, The Dana Foundation, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support is provided by Murray and Belle Nathan, The Baker Foundation, The Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation, and other generous donors.
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Student images by Konrad Fiedler.
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Grades K–5
Learning to Look
Jackson Pollock. One: Number 31. 1950. Oil and enamel paint on canvas, 8’ 10” x 17’ 5 5/8” (269.5 × 530.8 cm). Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund (by exchange). © 2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921. Oil on canvas, 6’ 7” x 7’ 3 3/4” (200.7 × 222.9 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4. 1914. Oil on canvas, 64 1/8 × 48 3/8” (162.6 × 122.7 cm). Nelson A. Rockefeller Fund (by exchange). © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
People
Vincent van Gogh. Portrait of Joseph Roulin. 1889. Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 × 21 3/4” (64.4 × 55.2 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosenberg, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, Mr. and Mrs. Werner E. Josten, and Loula D. Lasker Bequest (all by exchange); Jean DuBuffet. The Magician. 1954. Slag and roots, 43 1/2 × 19 × 8 1/4” (109.8 × 48.2 × 21 cm) including slag base. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. N. Richard Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Alex L. Hillman and Samuel Girard Funds. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; Jacob Lawrence. In the North the Negro had better educational facilities. 1940–41. Tempera on gesso on composition board, 12 × 18” (30.5 × 45.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. © 2009 Jacob Lawrence ; Henri Rousseau. Sleeping Gypsy. 1897. Oil on canvas, 51” x 6’ 7” (129.5 × 200.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim.
Places
Joan Miró. The Hunter (Catalan Landscape). 1923–24. Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 × 39 1/2” (64.8 × 100.3 cm). Purchase. © 2009 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; Giorgio de Chirico. Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure). 1914. Oil on canvas, 55 1/8” x 6’ 5/8” (140 × 184.5 cm). Gift of James Thrall Soby. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome; Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43. Oil on canvas, 50 × 50” (127 × 127 cm). Given anonymously.
Objects
Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, cup 4 3/8” (10.9 cm) in diameter; saucer 9 3/8” (23.7 cm) in diameter; spoon 8” (20.2 cm) long, overall height 2 7/8” (7.3 cm). Purchase. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich ; Alvar Aalto. Paimio Chair. 1931–32. Bent plywood, bent laminated birch, and solid birch, h. 26 x w. 23 3/4 x l. 34 1/2” (h. 66 x w. 60.3 x l. 87.6 cm). Manufactured by Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland. Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.; Salvador Dalí. Retrospective Bust of a Woman. 1933 (some elements reconstructed 1970). Painted porcelain, bread, corn, feathers, paint on paper, beads, ink stand, sand, and two pens, 29 × 27 1/4 × 12 5/8” (73.9 × 69.2 × 32 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and gift of Philip Johnson (both by exchange). © 2009 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Grades 6–12
Language & Art
Rene Magritte. The Menaced Assassin. 1927. Oil on canvas, 59 1/4 × 6’ 4 7/8” (150.4 × 195.2 cm). Kay Sage Tanguy Fund. © 2009 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Roy Lichtenstein. Drowning Girl. 1963. Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 67 5/8 × 66 3/4” (171.6 × 169.5 cm). Philip Johnson Fund (by exchange) and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley Wright ; Andrew Wyeth. Christina’s World. 1948. Tempera on gessoed panel, 32 1/4 × 47 3/4” (81.9 × 121.3 cm). Purchase.
What Makes This Art?
Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 × 36 1/4” (73.7 × 92.1 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest ; Joseph Beuys. Filzanzug (Felt Suit). 1970. Multiple of felt, Overall: 69 7/8 × 28 1/8 × 5 5/16” (177.5 × 71.5 × 13.5 cm) (irreg.) a: 31 1/2 (from top of collar to bottom of right sleeve) x 27” variable (elbow to elbow); b: 44 3/4 (along right left outer seam) x 23 1/2” variable (from bottom of left pant leg to bottom of right pant leg). The Associates Fund. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Francis Bacon. Study of a Baboon. 1953. Oil on canvas, 6’ 6 1/8” x 54 1/8” (198.3 × 137.3 cm). James Thrall Soby Bequest. © 2009 Estate of Francis Bacon / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London; Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913). Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 × 25 × 16 1/2” (129.5 × 63.5 × 41.9 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp.
Materials & Process
Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954–55. (dated on reverse 1954). Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood, three panels, 42 1/4 × 60 5/8” (107.3 × 153.8 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 2009 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Pablo Picasso. Goat Skull and Bottle. 1951 (cast 1954). Painted bronze, 31 × 37 5/8 × 21 1/2” (78.8 × 95.3 × 54.5 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955. Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wood supports, 6’ 3 1/4” x 31 1/2” x 8” (191.1 × 80 × 20.3 cm). Gift of Leo Castelli in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 2009 Robert Rauschenberg.
Society & Politics
José Clemente Orozco. Dive Bomber and Tank. 1940. Fresco, six panels, Each 9’ x 36” (275 × 91.4 cm), overall 9 × 18’ (275 × 550 cm). Commissioned through the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. © 2009 José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico; Pablo Picasso. The Charnel House. 1944–45. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 6’ 6 5/8” x 8’ 2 1/2” (199.8 × 250.1 cm). Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn Bequest (by exchange), and Mrs. Marya Bernard Fund in memory of her husband Dr. Bernard Bernard, and anonymous funds. © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Claes Oldenburg. “Empire” (“Papa”) Ray Gun. 1959. Casein on papier-mâché over wire, 35 7/8 × 44 7/8 × 14 5/8” (90.9 × 113.8 × 36.9 cm). Gift of the artist. © 2009 Claes Oldenburg.
The Modern Lens
Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. 1907. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 7’ 8” (243.9 × 233.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962. Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 6’ 11 1/4” x 57” (211.4 × 144.7 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2009 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Paul Cezanne. The Bather. 1885. Oil on canvas, 50 × 38 1/8” (127 × 96.8 cm). Lillie P. Bliss Collection; Umberto Boccioni. Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. 1913. (cast 1931). Bronze, 43 7/8 × 34 7/8 × 15 3/4” (111.2 × 88.5 × 40 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest.
Identity in Art
Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911. Oil on canvas, 6’ 3 5/8” x 59 5/8” (192.1 × 151.4 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; Kara Walker. African/American. 1998. Linoleum cut, composition: 36 5/8 × 42” (93 × 106.7 cm) (irreg.); sheet: 46 1/4 × 60 1/2” (117.5 × 153.7 cm). Publisher and printer: Landfall Press, Inc., Chicago. Edition: 40. Ralph E. Shikes Fund; Wifredo Lam. The Jungle. 1943. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 94 1/4 × 90 1/2” (239.4 × 229.9 cm). Inter-American Fund. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair. 1940. Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 × 11” (40 × 27.9 cm). Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. © 2009 Frida Kahlo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico.
Modern Spaces
Salvador Dalí. The Little Theater. 1934. Wood and glass, painted, 12 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 12 1/4” (32.3 × 42.5 × 31.1 cm). Acquired through the James Thrall Soby Bequest, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Loula D. Lasker, and William S. Paley Funds. © 2009 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Louise Bourgeois. Articulated Lair. 1986. Painted steel, rubber, and metal, Overall 9’ 3” x 21’ 6” x 16’ 1” (281.7 × 655.7 × 555.6 cm). Gift of Lily Auchincloss; and of the artist in honor of Deborah Wye (by exchange). © 2009 Louise Bourgeois; Henri Matisse. The Red Studio. 1911. Oil on canvas, 71 1/4” x 7’ 2 1/4” (181 × 219.1 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2009 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Mona Hatoum. Silence. 1994. Glass, 49 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 23 1/8” (126.6 × 93.7 × 58.7 cm). Robert B. and Emilie W. Betts Foundation Fund. © 2009 Mona Hatoum.
The Everyday
Alberto Giacometti. City Square. 1948. Bronze, 8 1/2 × 25 3/8 × 17 1/4” (21.6 × 64.5 × 43.8 cm). Purchase. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris; Willie Cole. Domestic I.D. IV. 1992. Steam iron scorch and pencil on paper, mounted in recycled wooden window frame, composition (including frame): 35 × 32 × 1 3/8” (88.9 × 81.3 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: the artist and The Artist’s Studio. Edition: unique. Acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund. © 2009 Willie Cole; Tom Wesselmann. Still Life #30. 1963. Oil, enamel and synthetic polymer paint on composition board with collage of printed advertisements, plastic flowers, refrigerator door, plastic replicas of 7-Up bottles, glazed and framed color reproduction, and stamped metal, 48 1/2 × 66 × 4” (122 × 167.5 × 10 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson.