Twentieth-Century Masters from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1 March 1986 – 27 April 1986
Toured 7 May – 1 July 1986
About
The exhibition is made up of 38 paintings, 30 drawings and 3 sculptures. Apart from the modern European Masters – Picasso Bonnard, Matisse, Derain, Klee, De Chirico, Beckmann and Modigliani – twentieth-century modernists art in America is documented in 10 paintings from the great early moderists – John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe and Marsden Hartley to Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
For years these works have been owned by The Metropolitan Museum, which did not have the space for their permanent exhibition. Many of the works, despite their beauty and importance, have rarely been on public display; they are relatively unknown even to the people of New York. The Metropolitan is now building a multi-million dollar wing specifically to house its 20th Century collection. This wing will open in November 1986 after the Twentieth-Century Masters exhibition returns from Australia. The Australian public will preview these highlights from the collection before art lovers in America have a chance to see it.
James Mollison
Australian National Gallery Director, 1986
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