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Museum of Modern Art (established 1929)

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Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Navy Photographs, [June 1945]

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An exhibition of photographs of the U.S. Navy during World War II, arranged by Edward Steichen and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span one folder of planning correspondence.

Dates: [June 1945]

New Horizons in American Art, February 15-March 15, 1937

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An exhibition of about 240 works completed for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, arranged by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: February 15-March 15, 1937

Objects as Subjects, May 21-June 11, 1946

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An exhibition of 15 still life paintings by 20th century artists, circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: May 21-June 11, 1946

One Hundred Years of Portrait Photography, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, February 9-March 2, 1945

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An exhibition of 42 photographs tracing the development of portraits over the previous hundred years, arranged and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span five folders plus clippings.

Dates: February 9-March 2, 1945

Our Leading Watercolorists, February 13-March 7, 1943

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An exhibition of 26 watercolor paintings by American artists Charles Ephraim Burchfield, George Overybury Hart, Adolph Dehn, Charles Demuth, John Marin, Maurice Prendergast, and German artist George Grosz, arranged by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: February 13-March 7, 1943

Painters as Ballet Designers, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, January 19-February 18, 1942

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An exhibition of designs for ballet sets, curtains, scenery, and costumes by well-known living painters, circulated by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: January 19-February 18, 1942

Paintings by Chaim Soutine, August 18-September 11, 1951

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An exhibition of paintings by Belarus-born French Expressionist artist Chaim Soutine from 1915 to 1942, lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span eight folders plus photographs.

Dates: August 18-September 11, 1951

Paintings by Salvador Dali, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, May 14-June 14, 1942

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A retrospective exhibition of 35 paintings, 16 drawings and prints, and 10 etchings by the Spanish artist, Salvador Dali, arranged and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span six folders plus a catalog.

Dates: May 14-June 14, 1942

Road to Victory: A Procession of Photographs of the Nation at War, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, July 10-August 8, 1943

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An exhibition of photographs depicting the American effort in World War II on the home front and abroad, arranged by Lieutenant Commander Edward Steichen, U.S.N.R. for the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span six folders.

Dates: July 10-August 8, 1943

Stockholm Builds, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, November 16-December 13, 1942

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An exhibition of 52 photographs of modern architecture in Stockholm, Sweden. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: November 16-December 13, 1942

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Subject
traveling exhibitions 27
graphic arts 23
twentieth century (dates CE) 20
photographs 14
American (North American) 13
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paintings (visual works) 11
nineteenth century (dates CE) 8
Modern (style or period) 7
drawings (visual works) 7
architecture 5
photographers 5
European 4
German (culture, style, period) 4
Germany 4
World War II 4
portraits 4
sculpture (visual works) 4
wars 4
Brazil 3
British (modern) 3
Expressionist (style) 3
South American 3
United Kingdom 3
commissions (orders for works) 3
decorative art (art genre) 3
genre pictures 3
military campaigns 3
prints (visual works) 3
textiles (visual works) 3
watercolors (paintings) 3
Bauhaus 2
Brazilian 2
France 2
French (culture or style) 2
German Expressionist (movement) 2
Hungary 2
architectural drawings (visual works) 2
ballet (discipline) 2
camouflage 2
charcoal drawings 2
contemporary (generic time frame) 2
costume design 2
ink 2
international 2
lithographs 2
military artists 2
models (representations) 2
mural paintings (visual works) 2
painters (artists) 2
panel paintings (paintings by form) 2
sets (theatrical) 2
sketches 2
women artists 2
African American 1
Ancient American 1
Andean region 1
Argentina 1
Art Nouveau 1
Chile 1
Colombia 1
Costa Rica 1
Ecuador 1
England 1
Europe 1
Federal Art Project 1
Native American 1
Northern United States 1
Old Masters 1
Panama 1
Peru 1
Pictorialist 1
Southern United States 1
Spain 1
Spanish (culture or style) 1
Spanish Colonial 1
Stockholm 1
Surrealist 1
Sweden 1
Swedish (culture or style) 1
Venezuela 1
Victorian 1
ancient 1
anniversary exhibitions 1
art dealers 1
bronzes (visual works) 1
cartoons (humorous images) 1
children’s art 1
clothing 1
commercial art 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
dance (performing arts genre) 1
drop curtains 1
etchings (prints) 1
families (kinship groups) 1
folk art (traditional art) 1
furniture 1
furniture design 1
furniture designers 1
hand coloring 1
indigenous art 1
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