Verbal Description Tour: East Building

This tour offers vivid descriptions of specific works on view in the East Building. Though designed for people with vision loss, this tour is a useful tool for guided looking for all visitors.

Stop Number:

Stop 1

Alexander Calder artist: American, 1898 - 1976

Untitled

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Stop 2

Edouard Vuillard artist: French, 1868 - 1940

Woman in a Striped Dress

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Stop 3

Pierre Bonnard painter: French, 1867 - 1947

Nude in an Interior

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Stop 4

Georges Braque artist: French, 1882 - 1963

Still Life: Le Jour

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Stop 5

Amedeo Modigliani artist: Italian, 1884 - 1920

Head of a Woman

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Stop 6

George Bellows painter: American, 1882 - 1925

New York

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Stop 7

Edward Hopper painter: American, 1882 - 1967

Ground Swell

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Stop 8

Georgia O'Keeffe painter: American, 1887 - 1986

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV

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Stop 9

Aaron Douglas artist: American, 1899 - 1979

The Judgment Day

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Stop 10

Ellsworth Kelly painter: American, 1923 - 2015

Tiger

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Stop 11

Pablo Picasso artist: Spanish, 1881 - 1973

Family of Saltimbanques

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Stop 12

André Derain artist: French, 1880 - 1954

Charing Cross Bridge, London

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Stop 13

Henri Matisse painter: French, 1869 - 1954

Open Window, Collioure

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Stop 14

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painter: German, 1880 - 1938

Two Girls under an Umbrella

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Stop 15

Wassily Kandinsky artist: Russian, 1866 - 1944

Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)

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Stop 16

Alberto Giacometti sculptor: Swiss, 1901 - 1966

No More Play

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Stop 17

Marcel Duchamp artist: American, born France, 1887 - 1968

Fresh Widow

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Stop 18

Constantin Brancusi artist: Romanian, 1876 - 1957

Bird in Space

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Stop 19

Piet Mondrian artist: Dutch, 1872 - 1944

Tableau No. IV; Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow, and Black

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Stop 20

Jean Dubuffet painter: French, 1901 - 1985

Façades d'immeubles (Building Façades)

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Stop 21

Arshile Gorky artist: American, born Armenia, c. 1902 - 1948

One Year the Milkweed

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Stop 22

Jackson Pollock artist: American, 1912 - 1956

Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)

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Stop 23

Joan Mitchell painter: American, 1925 - 1992

Piano mécanique

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Stop 24

Morris Louis artist: American, 1912 - 1962

Beta Kappa

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Stop 25

Roy Lichtenstein painter: American, 1923 - 1997

Look Mickey

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Stop 26

Donald Judd artist: American, 1928 - 1994

Untitled

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Stop 27

Eva Hesse sculptor: American, born Germany, 1936 - 1970

Test Piece for "Contingent"

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Stop 28

Nam June Paik artist: American, born South Korea, 1932 - 2006

Untitled (Red Hand)

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Stop 29

Barnett Newman artist: American, 1905 - 1970

First Station

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Stop 30

Glenn Ligon artist: American, born 1960

Double America

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Stop 31

Jenny Holzer artist: American, born 1950

PALM, FINGERS & FINGERTIPS (RIGHT HAND) 000394

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Stop 32

Jasper Johns (artist), American born 1930;

Target

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Stop 33

Helen Frankenthaler (artist) American 1928 – 2011

Mountains and Sea

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Stop 34

Sigmar Polke painter: German, 1941 - 2010

Hope is: Wanting to Pull Clouds

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Stop 35

Kerry James Marshall artist: American, born 1955

Great America

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National Gallery of Art

Verbal Description Tour: East Building