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Museum of Modern Art (established 1929)

 Organization

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

The Exact Instant, June 12-July 9, 1950

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Abstract

An exhibition of about 200 photographs surveying American news photography over the past one hundred years, from 1850 to 1950, arranged by Edward Steichen and lent for exhibition by the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: June 12-July 9, 1950

The Family of Man, January 16-February 26, 1957

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The famous exhibition of 503 photographs by artists of 68 countries depicting their families selected from over 10,000 submissions by American photographer Edward Steichen. The exhibition records span nine folders plus a catalog, brochure, clipping, and photographs.

Dates: January 16-February 26, 1957

The Migration of the Negro: Sixty Panels by Jacob Lawrence, April 16-May 6, 1943

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Abstract

An exhibition of 60 panel paintings depicting the early twentieth century Great Migration of Black Americans from the Southern United States to the North by American artist Jacob Lawrence, circulated by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition records span six folders.

Dates: April 16-May 6, 1943

Thirty Years of Expressionism, 1904-1934, May 13-June 13, 1954

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An exhibition of 45 prints by Expressionist artists of the early twentieth century, arranged by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span one folder plus photographs.

Dates: May 13-June 13, 1954

Three Post-War Houses: Photographs Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, July 21-August 14, 1949

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Abstract

An exhibition of houses built post-World War II that were designed for the “physical and emotional needs of contemporary life”. It was displayed as 42 panels of large photographs and plans and featured architects Marcel Breuer, Hugh Stubbins Jr., Ralph Rapson, and John van de Meulen.

Dates: July 21-August 14, 1949

Twentieth Century Portraits, Circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, June 15-July 12, 1943

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Abstract

An exhibition of portraits created during the twentieth century, arranged and circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: June 15-July 12, 1943

Young American Printmakers, Lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 19-August 8, 1954

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An exhibition of 110 prints by American artists 35 years old and younger selected from about 1500 submissions to a competition sponsored by the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: June 19-August 8, 1954

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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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