Modern (1900-1945)
A wide range of media and styles, from cubism and surrealism to American impressionism and regionalism, represent he first decades of the 20th century. The collection also features European examples, a smaller selection of Mexican and South American works, and strong holdings of prints, drawings, and photographs.
Piction collections thumbnails
Unknown Mexican, Mexican
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Spanish Colonial-early 20th century
177.9.25704
Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940
Breaker Boys
negative 1911, print 1911-1930
2005.12
Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940
Breaker Boys
negative 1911, print 1911-1930
2005.12
Dorothea Lange, American, 1895 - 1965
White Angel Breadline, San Francisco
negative 1932, print 1940s
2005.14
Dorothea Lange, American, 1895 - 1965
White Angel Breadline, San Francisco
negative 1932, print 1940s
2005.14
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917
The Creator (Self-Portrait)
modeled about 1899-1900; cast 1984
2005.68
Mike Disfarmer, American, 1884 - 1959
Homer, Laura, and Alton Jackson
February 26, 1940
2005.83.17
Mike Disfarmer, American, 1884 - 1959
Homer, Laura, and Alton Jackson
February 26, 1940
2005.83.17
Mike Disfarmer, American, 1884 - 1959
Homer, Laura, and Alton Jackson
February 26, 1940
2005.83.17
Henry W. Bannarn, American, 1910 - 1965
Midwife (Breath of Life)
about 1940
2006.31
Augusta Savage, American, 1892 - 1962
Gamin
modeled 1929; plaster by 1940
2006.75
Jackson Pollock, American, 1912 - 1956
Untitled (Bald Woman with Skeleton)
about 1938-1941
2006.93
Arnold Genthe, American (born Germany), 1869 - 1942
Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989) as a Child
about 1913
2007.78.1
Stephen Mopope, American / Ka'igwu, 1898 - 1974
Wedding Ceremony; number 20, from the portfolio: Kiowa Indian Art, Watercolor Paintings in Color by the...
published 1929
2008.1.20
Unrecorded Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna (Yanktonai) Dakota keeper
Waníyetu Wowápi T?á Mat?ó Wak?á? (The Winter Count of Medicine Bear), recording the years 1823-1917
about 1917
2009.65
Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887 - 1968
Mountain Stream
about 1917
2012.42
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican, 1896 - 1974
Moises Saenz
1930
2012.49
Man Ray, American, 1890 - 1976
Mathematical Object
1934-1936
2012.4
Man Ray, American, 1890 - 1976
Mathematical Object
1934-1936
2012.4
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
The Elevated
1928
2013.38
Walker Evans, American, 1903 - 1975
Subway Passengers, New York City (Mother and Child)
negative April 28, 1938; print about 1938
2013.53
Walker Evans, American, 1903 - 1975
Subway Passengers, New York City (Mother and Child)
negative April 28, 1938; print about 1938
2013.53
William Zorach, American (born Lithuania), 1889 - 1966
An American Family (Sailing; Provincetown)
1916
2013.80
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, American, 1878 - 1942
Hurdy Gurdy Dancer
about 1909
2014.21
Ada Gilmore Chaffee, American, 1883 - 1955
Untitled (Two Figures with Cow, Provincetown ; Provincetown Scene with Couple and Cow)
about 1917-1918
2014.23
Ada Gilmore Chaffee, American, 1883 - 1955
Untitled (Two Figures with Cow, Provincetown ; Provincetown Scene with Couple and Cow)
about 1917-1918
2014.23
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
The Requiem (alternate titles: El Réquiem; Requiem; Velorio)
1928
2014.54
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American, 1859 - 1937
Étaples and the Canche River at Dusk (formerly titled Untitled (Dusk Scene of a Flooded River and Nearby...
about 1918
2014.76
Imogen Cunningham, American, 1883 - 1976
Agave
negative 1920s; print 1970s
2014.8
Bessie Potter Vonnoh, American, 1872 - 1955
The Scarf
modeled 1908; cast about 1918
2014.99
Bill Traylor, American, about 1854 - 1949
House with Figures and Animals (House with Figures; House with Figures and Snake)
1939
d.2003.53
Bill Traylor, American, about 1854 - 1949
House with Figures and Animals (House with Figures; House with Figures and Snake)
1939
d.2003.53
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856 - 1925
Preliminary Figure Study for "Hell," Boston Public Library Mural Project
about 1910
d.929.10.5
George Copeland Ault, American, 1891 - 1948
Back of Patchin Place
1927
d.935.1.98
George Copeland Ault, American, 1891 - 1948
Back of Patchin Place
1927
d.935.1.98
George Wesley Bellows, American, 1882 - 1925
The Boardwalk (The Merry-Go-Round)
about 1915
d.940.20
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Family on Fire Escape (Ella was a Washtub Woman), drawing for illustration in "Hearst's International,"...
1922
d.946.12.3
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Family on Fire Escape (Ella was a Washtub Woman), drawing for illustration in "Hearst's International,"...
1922
d.946.12.3
Everett Shinn, American, 1876 - 1953
Trafalgar Square, London
1900
d.951.48
Everett Shinn, American, 1876 - 1953
Trafalgar Square, London
1900
d.951.48
Everett Shinn, American, 1876 - 1953
Trafalgar Square, London
1900
d.951.48
Joseph Stella, American (born Italy), 1877 - 1946
Dying Lotus
about 1930-1932
d.952.133
Joseph Stella, American (born Italy), 1877 - 1946
Dying Lotus
about 1930-1932
d.952.133
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Ludlow, Colorado (Class War in Colorado), 1914, drawing for an illustration in "The New York Call,"...
1914
d.952.44
Charles Ephraim Burchfield, American, 1893 - 1967
Early Morning
1925
d.963.3
Charles Ephraim Burchfield, American, 1893 - 1967
Early Morning
1925
d.963.3
Charles Ephraim Burchfield, American, 1893 - 1967
Early Morning
1925
d.963.3
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
Study for The Departure of Quetzalcoatl (Panel 7) for The Epic of American Civilization
about 1932-1934
d.978.19
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Will Bond
about 1948
d.983.34.7
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
Figure study for Modern Industrial Man (central panel, 2 of 3, Panel 20) for The Epic of American...
about 1930-1934
d.988.52.228
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
Transfer drawing of Head with Open Jaw for The Departure of Quetzalcoatl (Panel 7) for The Epic of...
1932-1934
d.988.52.77
Diego Rivera, Mexican, 1886 - 1957
Untitled (Portrait of a Girl with Orange Bow)
about 1937-1938
d.990.31
Edwin Walter Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1978
The Bee: Lothrup Weld's House
1943
d.991.15
Edwin Walter Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1978
The Bee: Lothrup Weld's House
1943
d.991.15
Edwin Walter Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1978
The Bee: Lothrup Weld's House
1943
d.991.15
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Factory Worker: Francisco (Francisco Femenias)
1933
d.996.18
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Factory Worker: Francisco (Francisco Femenias)
1933
d.996.18
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Factory Worker: Francisco (Francisco Femenias)
1933
d.996.18
Rockwell Kent, American, 1882 - 1971
A New England Landscape (Oak Tree and Evergreen)
1903
p.2000.26
Irving Ramsey Wiles, American, 1861 - 1948
Emily Henderson Cowperthwaite
1902
p.2004.37
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Shotgun Hospitality
1908
p.909.2
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Shotgun Hospitality
1908
p.909.2
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Shotgun Hospitality
1908
p.909.2
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Shotgun Hospitality
1908
p.909.2
Joseph Rodefer DeCamp, American, 1858 - 1923
Edward Tuck (1842-1938), Class of 1862
1919
p.920.4
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
The Epic of American Civilization: Migration (Panel 1)
1932-1934
p.934.13.1
Abraham Angel, Mexican, 1905 - 1924
Tepito Landscape (Paisaje Tepito)
1923
p.935.1.1
Max Weber, American (born Russia, now Poland), 1881 - 1961
Portrait (Cubist Portrait; Portrait of a Young Woman)
1911
p.935.1.74
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Beaver Meadow
1939
p.943.126.1
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
A Roof in Chelsea, New York
about 1941, with additions in 1945 and 1951
p.946.12.2
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
McSorley's Back Room (Back Room of McSorley's Bar)
April 5, 1912
p.946.24
Ilse Martha Bischoff, American, 1901 - 1990
Harlem Loge
about 1934
p.948.35
Jared French, American, 1905 - 1988
Street Fight
1934
p.950.32.5
Preston Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1930
Industrial Landscape (The Suburbs; Modern Industry)
1919
p.950.64
Ernest L. Major, American, 1864 - 1950
The Closed Door
about 1914
p.951.82
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Self-Portrait, Working
1916
p.952.43
Ilse Martha Bischoff, American, 1901 - 1990
Picnic on the River
1937
p.959.108
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Floyd Dell
1914
p.959.141
Ernest Lawson, American, 1873 - 1939
The Boat House
not dated
p.960.57.4
Kay Sage, American, 1898 - 1963
The Giants Dance
1944
p.964.127
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Francisco
1933 and 1940
p.969.64.4
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Francisco
1933 and 1940
p.969.64.4
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Guitar on a Table
1912
p.975.79
George L. K. Morris, American, 1905 - 1975
Composition - Times Square (Composition de Broadway)
1945
p.976.201
George L. K. Morris, American, 1905 - 1975
Composition - Times Square (Composition de Broadway)
1945
p.976.201
Ben Shahn, American (born Russia, now Lithuania), 1898 - 1969
Photographer’s Window (Contemporary American Photography 1935)
1939-1940
p.978.165
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Waiting
1935-1936
p.983.34.185
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Waiting
1935-1936
p.983.34.185
Roland Dorcely, Haitian, 1930 - 2017
Mother and Son
before 1957
p.984.39.3
Roland Dorcely, Haitian, 1930 - 2017
Mother and Son
before 1957
p.984.39.3
Roland Dorcely, Haitian, 1930 - 2017
Mother and Son
before 1957
p.984.39.3
Frederick Carl Frieseke, American, 1874 - 1939
In the Library
about 1917
p.991.56
Willard Leroy Metcalf, American, 1858 - 1925
The First Thaw
1913
p.992.14
Georgia O'Keeffe, American, 1887 - 1986
Taos Mountain, New Mexico
1930
p.993.62
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American, 1849 - 1921
Below Mount Monadnock
about 1913
p.997.22
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American, 1849 - 1921
Below Mount Monadnock
about 1913
p.997.22
George Hurrell, American, 1904 - 1992
Joan Crawford
about 1932
ph.2001.29.2
George Hurrell, American, 1904 - 1992
Joan Crawford
about 1932
ph.2001.29.2
George Hurrell, American, 1904 - 1992
Joan Crawford for Sadie McKee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1934
about 1932
ph.2001.29.2
Hector Garcia, Mexican, 1923 - 2012
Jose Clemente Orozco
1945
ph.2001.51.5