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Modern Sculpture

  • Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973, Head of a Woman (Fernande), model 1909, cast before 1932, bronze, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Mitchell P. Rales © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2002.1.1

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  • Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French, 1876 - 1918, Torso of a Young Man, 1910, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1971.66.12

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  • Amedeo Modigliani, Italian, 1884 - 1920, Head of a Woman, 1910/1911, limestone, Chester Dale Collection 1963.10.241

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  • Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German, 1881 - 1919, Seated Youth, 1917, composite tinted plaster, Andrew W. Mellon Fund 1974.49.1

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  • Constantin Brancusi, Romanian, 1876 - 1957, Bird in Space, 1925, marble, stone, and wood, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 1967.13.3

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  • Alexander Calder, American, 1898 - 1976, Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943, painted steel wire, painted wood, and wood, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls © 2000 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 1996.120.8

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  • Louise Bourgeois, American, born France, 1911 - 2010, Spring, 1949, painted balsa, Gift of the Collectors Committee 1992.102.3

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  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, 1901 - 1966, The Chariot, 1950, bronze, Gift of Enid A. Haupt © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 1977.47.2

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  • Related works: Circle I  and Circle II.

    David Smith, American, 1906 - 1965, Circle III, 1962, painted steel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1977.60.3

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  • Anne Truitt, American, 1921 - 2004, Knight's Heritage, 1963, acrylic on wood, Gift of the Collectors Committee 2011.19.1

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  • Eva Hesse, American, born Germany, 1936 - 1970, Test Piece for "Contingent", 1969, latex over cheesecloth, Gift of the Collectors Committee 1996.116.1

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  • Rachel Whiteread, British, born 1963, Ghost, 1990, plaster on steel frame, Gift of The Glenstone Foundation 2004.121.1

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  • Roxy Paine, American, born 1966, Graft, 2008-2009, stainless steel and concrete, Gift of Victoria and Roger Sant 2009.109.1

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