Modern Art 1940–1980

On View: East Building, Upper Level

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This is a painting of abstract, horizontal, vaguely human figures within a series of clear rectangular sections against a light teal background. Thin white lines give the appearance of three rectangular containers stacked atop one another, each with a human-like figure laying horizontally in it. The figures are indistinct and made up of horizontal shapes in a light tan color, with areas of dark brown on the left side of each figure that suggest dark hair. The teal background is visible through the clear containers. The brushstrokes are thick and visible, and the different areas of color blur and overlap in places.

Three Figures

Dino Aranda

1968

Acrylic on canvas  Accession ID  2019.101.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E407
The image shows a woman depicted from the shoulders up. She has dark brown hair, parted in the middle and falling straight down to her shoulders. She is wearing a dark-colored garment with a swirling dot pattern. The background is a plain, muted dark color.

Ada Four Times 4

Alex Katz, Styria Studio, GHJ Graphics

1979/1980

Color screenprint and lithograph on arches white cover wove paper  Accession ID  1991.116.61

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This painting shows two people sitting, looking towards the left, with their full bodies visible. The person on the left is a woman with light skin and long, dark brown hair. She is seated on a cushioned teal chaise lounge with her legs crossed. She is wearing a green turtleneck sweater and a short red skirt, with dark tights and black shoes. She has a bracelet on her wrist and rings on her fingers. Next to her, on the left, a brown cowboy hat rests near the edge of a colorful, southwestern-patterned rug. The man on the right is seated on a wooden chair next to the chaise lounge. He has light skin with gray hair and a mustache, and appears contemplative, touching his chin with one hand. He wears a yellow shirt, a light green vest, and blue pants, with a large gold belt buckle and brown shoes. More geometric patterned rugs lie beneath the man's chair. The room has wooden floors in warm, earthy tones, and a minty green wall.

Portrait of the Doyles

Jack Beal

1970

Oil on canvas  Accession ID  1984.86.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406

Stairway Landing

Lowell Nesbitt

1969

Oil on canvas  Accession ID  1970.23.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
The image depicts smooth, flowing lines curving across a canvas in an abstract manner. Yellow and orange lines contrast against a light background. The wavy lines suggest movement and dynamism.

Untitled

Lorser Feitelson

1964

Enamel on canvas  Accession ID  1975.78.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This painting shows two large, bright green triangles at the top and bottom edges of the canvas, their points meeting in the center, creating an hourglass shape. Surrounding the triangles is empty white space.

Untitled

Carmen Herrera

2013

Acrylic on canvas  Accession ID  2022.18.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This painting shows a grid of sixteen faint, light gray squares arranged across the canvas. The squares feature subtle variations in texture and shading, with visible brushstrokes resembling wood grain.

Untitled

Mary Corse

1971

Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas  Accession ID  1977.75.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This is a painting of a person surrounded by abstract forms. The person is facing the right, and they have pale skin, high cheekbones, and pink lips. They appear to be wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a thick white collared shirt. One of their hands is visible, clenched in a fist and resting on a brown table. To the right of the person is a white shape that looks like a four-pointed star. Behind the person are similarly abstract swirls of red, blue, and white.

Self-Portrait

David Alfaro Siqueiros

1948

Oil on hardboard  Accession ID  1970.29.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E407

The Clown

Marion Perkins

1953

Limestone  Accession ID  2015.19.3934

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E407
The sculpture is made of fluorescent light tubes arranged in a symmetrical pattern that forms vertical lines extending up in tiers. The overall shape is similar to the top of a skyscraper, with shorter tubes leading upward on the left and right to the longest tube in the center. The design is against a neutral background, with the illumination casting a white glow on the wall.

"monument" for V. Tatlin

Dan Flavin

1966

Cool white fluorescent light  Accession ID  2015.179.1

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This painting depicts six drinking glasses filled with water, arranged closely together in two horizontal rows of three that take up most of the canvas. The two glasses in the center of both rows are slightly closer to us than the others, creating an offset pattern. The glasses have been painted with many different shapes and lines in pastel shades to give the appearance of light being reflected through clear glass and water, including light blues, teals, minty greens, light yellows and oranges, and hints of purple and pink. The background behind the glasses is a gradient of light blue to light green, and the glasses appear to stand on a reflective surface, creating even more lines of color.

Six Water Glasses

Janet Fish

1973

Acrylic on canvas  Accession ID  2015.19.188

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E406
This painting features a series of angular and curved shapes against a textured background. These shapes create a shape that looks like a skeletal bull or horse-like creature with prominent horns, wide round eyes, and a thin face. Its neck is a long line that leads to a round body. The legs are faint and indistinct. The colors of the painting are muted, earthy tones, mostly bluish-grays, dark greens, and a muted brown-red color. The background is split into two sections, with the bottom section slightly greener and the top section slightly bluer. Many of the features of the creature are distinguishable not by color, but by texture; in many places the paint appears to pucker or crease, and these creases create many of the features of the animal.

Beast

Alejandro Aróstegui

1968

Oil and mixed media on canvas and board  Accession ID  2019.101.2

On View: East Building, Upper Level, Gallery E407

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