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Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans

December 03, 1930 – January 20, 1931 48 days 8 installation images
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2 Curators

Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
American, 1902–1981

37 Artists

Resonant Works

Artworks semantically connected to this exhibition's themes and artists

16 works
The New York Collection for Stockholm

The New York Collection for Stockholm

Lee Bontecou

1973

Most Art is Saved: Museum employees carry a painting out of The Museum of Modern Art

Most Art is Saved: Museum employees carry a painting out ...

The New York Times

April 15, 1958

American Abstract Artists

American Abstract Artists

Ilya Bolotowsky

1937

Artifacts at the End of a Decade

Artifacts at the End of a Decade

Sandi Fellman

1981

Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art

Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Ne...

Carl Andre

1966

Floor plan for the exhibition "Bauhaus 1919-1928," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 7, 1938-January 30, 1939

Floor plan for the exhibition "Bauhaus 1919-1928," The Mu...

Herbert Bayer

1938

MoMA: Understanding Through Art

MoMA: Understanding Through Art

Unidentified Designer

c.1955

Appointment Calendar for the Museum of Modern Art

Appointment Calendar for the Museum of Modern Art

George Tscherny

1958

The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York

Edward Durell Stone

1939

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Arnold Newman

1957

The Modern Poster, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Modern Poster, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

April Greiman

1988

Opening, Alexander Calder Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Opening, Alexander Calder Exhibition, The Museum of Moder...

Garry Winogrand

1969

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Robert Frank

late 1950s

New York City

New York City

Paul A. McDonough

1971

American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis Danziger

1966

Artists & Photographs

Artists & Photographs

Mel Bochner

1965–70, published 1970

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