A major retrospective of paintings and collages by Robert Motherwell, a leading figure in the revolutionary art movement now known as Abstract Expressionism, opens the fall season at The Museum of Modern Art on October 1. Directed by Frank O’Hara, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture Exhibitions, the exhibition of approximately 70 works dating from the 1940s to 1965 will tour Europe under the auspices of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art after the New York showing ends November 28. This is the first major New York retrospective of Motherwell’s work.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
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Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
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Opening events at the Museum of Modern Art. Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art.
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This exhibition traveled to The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Whitechapel Art Gallery (London), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Museum Folkwang (Essen, Germany), and Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (Turin, Italy)
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
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Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
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Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Rolf Petersen.
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Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.
Courtesy of the Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels. Photo by Paul Bitjtebier.