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The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945-1995

March 31 – July 21, 1996
East Building, Upper Level and Mezzanine

Hans Hofmann, Autumn Gold, 1957, oil on canvas, Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, 1996.81.4

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: Among 194 works from the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection were paintings by Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella. The collection of post-World War II art was shown virtually in its entirety for the first time.

Organization: Mark Rosenthal, curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery, organized the exhibition.

Attendance: 159,558

Catalog: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945-1995, by Mark Rosenthal et al. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996.