Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery 1957–1971

Franz Kline, American, 1910–1962, Pittston, 1958, oil on canvas, Collection of Lynn and Allen Turner

Philip Guston, American, born Canada, 1913–1980, Sleeper II, 1959, oil on canvas, Jeanne and Richard Levitt, Des Moines, Iowa. © Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth

Larry Rivers, American, 1923–2002, Maquette for Larry Rivers Exhibition at Dwan Gallery, 1961, collage of cut-out text, paint, and tape on gelatin silver print mounted on paper board, Collection of Virginia Dwan

Robert Rauschenberg, American, 1925–2008, Coexistence, 1961, oil, fabric, wood, and other found materials on canvas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation

Claes Oldenburg, American, born Sweden, 1929, Study for Announcement 
for One-Man Show at Dwan Gallery—Mickey Mouse with Red Heart, 1963, wax crayon and watercolor on paper, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President. © 1963 Claes Oldenburg

James Rosenquist, American, born 1933, Toaster, 1963, oil on vinyl, chromed barbed wire, metal saw blades, plastic, and wood, with dripped paint, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles. Art © James Rosenquist/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Yves Klein, French, 1928–1962, Untitled Blue Monochrome, 1960, dry pigment and synthetic resin on canvas mounted on board, Collection of Virginia Dwan. © Yves Klein, ADAGP, Paris/ARS, New York, 2016

Martial Raysse, French, born 1936, Made in Japan, 1964, photo-mechanical reproductions and wallpaper with airbrush ink, gouache, ink, tacks, peacock feathers, and plastic flies on paper mounted on fiberboard, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Arman, American, born France, 1928–2005, Alarm Clocks (Reveils), 1960, alarm clocks in painted wood box, Collection Museum 
of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Debra and Robert N. Mayer from the Robert B. Mayer Memorial Loan Collection

Jean Tinguely, Swiss, 1925–1991, Portrait of Virginia, 1963, mixed media construction with radio, circuit board, andiron, speaker, and motor, Collection of Virginia Dwan

Niki de Saint Phalle, French, 1930–2002, Tyrannousaurus Rex etranglé par un cobra, c. 1963, colored markers, ballpoint pen, and graphite on paper, Collection of Virginia Dwan

Edward Kienholz, American, 1927–1994, Back Seat Dodge ’38, 1964, paint, fiberglass and flock, 1938 Dodge, recorded music and player, chicken wire, beer bottles, artificial grass, and cast plaster figures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Art Museum Council Fund. © Kienholz. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

Agnes Martin, American, born Canada, 1912–2004, The Cliff, 1967, acrylic and graphite on canvas, Collection of Virginia Dwan

Robert Morris, American, born 1931, Untitled (Battered Cubes), 1966, painted fiberglass, Collection of Virginia Dwan. © 2016 Robert Morris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Dan Flavin, American, 1933–1996, “monument” for V. Tatlin, 1966, cool white fluorescent light, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Virginia Dwan

Sol LeWitt, American, 1928–2007, Serial Project, 1 (ABCD), 1966, baked enamel on steel units over baked enamel on aluminum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Agnes Gund and purchase (by exchange), 1978. © 2016 The LeWitt Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Eleanor Antin, American, born 1935, Blood of a Poet Box, 1965–1968, wood box containing ninety-four glass slides of blood specimens and specimen list, Lent by the American Fund for the Tate Gallery 2009. © Tate, London 2016

Mel Bochner, American, born 1940, Language Is Not Transparent, 1970, chalk on paint and wall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art Council Fund

Robert Smithson, American, 1938–1973, Gyrostasis, 1967, painted steel, Collection of Virginia Dwan. Art © Holt-Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Robert Smithson, American, 1938–1973, Spiral Jetty, 1970, black basalt rocks and earth, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Dia Art Foundation, New York. Art © Holt-Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo © Gianfranco Gorgoni, 1970

Charles Ross, American, born 1937, Star Axis, 1971–ongoing, granite, sandstone, bronze, stainless steel, and earth, Chupinas Mesa, New Mexico. Photograph Kerry Loewen