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Twentieth-Century Art: Selections from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, Painting, 1945-1985

Twentieth-Century Art: Selections from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, Painting, 1945–1985

Lieberman, William S., Lisa Mintz Messinger, Sabine Rewald, and Lowery S. Sims

1986

64 pages

51 illustrations

This title is out of print.

About the authors

Lisa Messinger

Lowery Sims

Lowery Stokes Sims is an independent curator and art historian and a former curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

William Lieberman

Sabine Rewald

Sabine Rewald is the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Met Art in Publication

Water, Charles Sheeler American, Oil on canvas — Water
Charles Sheeler
1945

Untitled, Clyfford Still American, Oil on canvas — Untitled
Clyfford Still
1946

White Rooster, Milton Avery American, Oil on canvas — White Rooster
Milton Avery
1947

King's Cookham Rise, Stanley Spencer British, Oil on canvas — King's Cookham Rise
Stanley Spencer
1947

The Beginning, Max Beckmann German, Oil on canvas — The Beginning
Max Beckmann
1946–49

Attic, Willem de Kooning American, born The Netherlands, Oil, enamel, and newspaper transfer on canvas — Attic
Willem de Kooning
1949

Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), Jackson Pollock American, Enamel on canvas — Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
Jackson Pollock
1950

Homage to the Square: Young, Josef Albers American, born Germany, Oil on Masonite — Homage to the Square: Young
Josef Albers
1951–52

Homage to the Square: Precinct, Josef Albers American, born Germany, Oil on Masonite — Homage to the Square: Precinct
Josef Albers
1951

Ruin at Daphne, Edwin Dickinson American, Oil on canvas — Ruin at Daphne
Edwin Dickinson
1943–53

Semé, Stuart Davis American, Oil on canvas — Semé
Stuart Davis
1953

Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus), Salvador Dalí Spanish, Oil on canvas — Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)
Salvador Dalí
1954

The Mirage of Time, Yves Tanguy American, born France, Oil on canvas — The Mirage of Time
Yves Tanguy
1954

Nude in Front of a Mantel, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) French, Oil on canvas — Nude in Front of a Mantel
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski)
1955

No. 13 (White, Red on Yellow), Mark Rothko American, born Russia, Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas — No. 13 (White, Red on Yellow)
Mark Rothko
1958

No. 16, Mark Rothko American, born Russia, Oil on canvas — No. 16
Mark Rothko
1960

Black, White, and Gray, Franz Kline American, Oil on canvas — Black, White, and Gray
Franz Kline
1959

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70, Robert Motherwell American, Oil on canvas — Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70
Robert Motherwell
1961

Standing Nude and Seated Musketeer, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas — Standing Nude and Seated Musketeer
Pablo Picasso
1968

Untitled, Cy Twombly American, Oil and crayon on canvas — Untitled
Cy Twombly
1970

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