An art historian museologist as visitor at

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York

2 September 2016

Modern and Contemporary Art

Masterpieces of Chagall, Balthus, Modigliani, Picasso, Henry Moore, Giacometti, Chirico, Miró, Man Ray, Calder, Pollock, Rothko, Sol LeWitt and more

I spent more than two weeks in 2016 in New York. I visited twice during this time of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was a great pleasure to enter into this magnificent building has been well and check out this amazing collection. You can see some pictures of my second visit. Enjoy 🙂

Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007) | Wall Drawing 1982

Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975) | America Tosay 1930–1931

Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975) | America Tosay 1930–1931

Detail of interior

Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975) | America Tosay 1930–1931

10 panels: egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior

Detail of exhibition

Detail of exhibition in middle with painting of Chagall

Detail of exhibition

Detail of exhibition

Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) (French, 1908–2001) | The Mountain 1936–1937
Oil on canvas 248.9 x 365.8 cm

Detail of exhibition

Giorgio de Chirico (Italian (born Greece), 1888–1978) | Self Portrait 1912–1913

Oil on canvas 87.3 x 69.9 cm

Detail of exhibition

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893–1983) | Untitled 1931
Oil and ink on wood 19.1 × 27 cm

Detail of exhibition

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | Reading at a Table 1934

Oil on canvas 162.2 x 130.5 cm

Detail of exhibition with artworks of Chirico, Picasso, Brancusi and more

Left on the wall: Giorgio de Chirico (Italian (born Greece), 1888–1978) | Ariadne 1913
Oil and graphite on canvas 135.3 × 180.3 cm

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | Woman Asleep at a Table 1936

Oil and charcoal on canvas 97.2 x 130.2 cm

Constantin Brancusi (French (born Romania), 1876–1957) | Sleeping Muse 1910

Bronze 17.1 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm

On the wall paintings of Giorgio de Chirico (left) and Pablo Picasso (right)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | The Dreamer 1932

Oil on canvas 101.3 x 93.3 cm

Detail of exhibition with artworks of Max Ernst, Miró, Chirico and more

Max Ernst (French (born Germany), Brühl 1891–1976 Paris) | Gala Éluard 1924
Oil on canvas 81.3 x 65.4 cm

Deatil of exhibition

Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985) | Apartment Houses 1946

Oil with sand and charcoal on canvas 114.3 × 146.4 cm

Joan Miró (Spanish, Barcelona 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca) | Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams 1925

Oil on canvas 96.5 x 129.5 cm

Sculptures of Henry Moore

Henry Moore (British, Castleford 1898–1986 Much Hadham) | Reclining Figure, No. 4 1954–1955
Bronze 39.4 x 59.7 x 31.8 cm

Deatil of exhibition

Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) | Cat 1954
bronze 27.9 x 80 x 13.3 cmAlberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) | Cat 1954

On the wall: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) (French, 1908–2001) | Thérèse Dreaming 1938 Oil on canvas 149.9 x 129.5 cm

Deatail of exhibition with sculptures of Giacometti and painting of Balthus

Detail of exhibition – Three Studies for a Self-Portrait 1979-1980 of Francis Bacon

Detail of exhibition with 

Detail of exhibition 

Detail of exhibition with

Constantin Brancusi (French (born Romania), 1876–1957) | Bird in Space 1923 

Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986) | Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow ca. 1923

Detail of exhibition with sculpture of Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882–1935) | Standing Woman 1912–1915 (cast 1930) – Bronze 187.6 x 81.3 x 45.1 cm

On the wall paintings of Balthus – Modigliani – Leger -Modigliani – Dalí (from left to right)

Caretaker stretching by the wall with paintig Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887–1986) | Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow ca. 1923

Detail of exhibition – Room European Modernism

Detail of exhibition with paintings of Modigliani and Léger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920) | Woman’s Head 1912

On the wall, left: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Gertrud Stein 1905-1906

Deatil of exhibition – On the wall, left: Pablo Picasso | Guitar and Clarinet on a Mantelpiece 1915

On the wall, middle: Vasily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944) | Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II) 1912

Man Ray (American, 1890–1976) | Obstruction 1920/1961

63 wooden coat hangers 91.4 × 167.6 cm

Detail of exhibition – Room of Avant-Garde

Detail of exhibition – Room of Avant-Garde

Joel Shapiro (American, born New York, 1941) | Untitled 2000–2001
Oil paint on cast aluminum 365.8 x 251.5 x 182.9 cm

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present”

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present”

Detail of exhibition from above

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present”

Detail of exhibition with painting Anselm Kiefer (German, born 1945) | Bohemia Lies by the Sea 1996 (left)

Detail of exhibition left painting Anselm Kiefer | Bohemia Lies by the Sea 1996 – from above

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present” from above

Detail of Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903–1975) | Oval Form with Strings and Color 1966

Detail of exhibition in front: Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988) | Kouros 1945 (marble 106.7 × 86.7 cm)

Detail of exhibition with Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) | Mobile 1941

and on the wall: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991 ) | Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70 1961

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present”

In front: Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988) | Kouros 1945

Wall of exhibition with 3 paintings of Mark Rothko

Detail of exhibition with Jasper Johns (American, born 1930) | White Flag 1955 (left)

Detail of exhibition with James Rosenquist (American, 1933–2017) | House of Fire 1981 (right)

Detail of exhibition “Paintings and Sculpture, 1970–present”

Jean Tinguely (Swiss, 1925–1991) | Narva 1961

Steel bars, metal wheel, tubes, cast iron, wire, aluminum, string, electric motor 220 V; 286.4 x 203.2 x 207 cm

Detail of exhibition with Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962) | Untitled 1961 (right)

With the Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956) | Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) 1950

Enamel on canvas 266.7 x 525.8 cm

 

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