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International Sculpture Competition: The Unknown Political Prisoner

January 27, 1953 – February 08, 1953 9 installation images
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11 Artists

Resonant Works

Artworks semantically connected to this exhibition's themes and artists

16 works
Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Arnold Newman

1957

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

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

Garry Winogrand

1969

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Reception Area

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The R...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Avowal

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The A...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

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

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

Garry Winogrand

1969

Sculpture, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sculpture, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Robert Cumming

1968

Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)

Museum for a Small City project (Interior perspective)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1941-43

Studio of David Smith

Studio of David Smith

Eliot Elisofon

1938

The Unknown Political Prisoner (Project for a Monument)

The Unknown Political Prisoner (Project for a Monument)

Reg Butler

1951-53 (remade by the artist after lost original)

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansion, New York, NY (View of relocated sculpture garden)

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Rem Koolhaas

1997

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Scheme 4, First Variation)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Scheme 4, First Varia...

George Howe

1930

Untitled

Untitled

Alexander Calder

1969

Two Prisoners with Numbers, New York, N.Y.

Two Prisoners with Numbers, New York, N.Y.

Arthur Tress

1974

Calder's Circus, Whitney Museum of American Art April 20-July 11, 1972

Calder's Circus, Whitney Museum of American Art April 20-...

Alexander Calder

1972

The New York Collection for Stockholm

The New York Collection for Stockholm

Lee Bontecou

1973

Concert Hall project (Interior perspective)

Concert Hall project (Interior perspective)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1942

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