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
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
Arnold Genthe, American (born Germany), 1869 - 1942
Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989) as a Child
about 1913
2007.78.1
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
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
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
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
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
Ludlow, Colorado (Class War in Colorado), 1914, drawing for an illustration in "The New York Call,"...
1914
d.952.44
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
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 Hair Bow)
about 1935
d.990.31
Rockwell Kent, American, 1882 - 1971
A New England Landscape (Oak Tree and Evergreen)
1903
p.2000.26
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
The Epic of American Civilization: Migration (Panel 1)
1932-1934
p.934.13.1
Max Weber, American (born Russia, now Poland), 1881 - 1961
Portrait (Cubist Portrait; Portrait of a Young Woman)
1911
p.935.1.74
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
Preston Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1930
Industrial Landscape (The Suburbs; Modern Industry)
1919
p.950.64
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
George Hurrell, American, 1904 - 1992
Joan Crawford for Sadie McKee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1934
about 1932
ph.2001.29.2
Dmitri Baltermants, Russian (born Soviet Union), 1912 - 1990
The moment before the explosion (but before reaction time)
negative about 1941-1945; print 2003
ph.2003.56.25
Ralph Steiner, American, 1899 - 1986
Typewriter Keys
negative 1921-1922; print early 1970s
ph.975.34
Ralph Steiner, American, 1899 - 1986
Typewriter Keys
negative 1921-1922; print early 1970s
ph.975.34
Attributed to Edwin F. Townsend, American, 1879 - 1948
Nude Portrait, Probably Depicting Fred Ritter
early 1930s
ph.983.12.5
Jose Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, 1851 - 1913
The American Mosquito (El Mosquito Americano)
about 1904
pr.2002.42.1
Childe Hassam, American, 1859 - 1935
Washington's Birthday - 5th Avenue and 23rd Street
February 22, 1916
pr.954.20.237
Marius de Zayas, Mexican, 1880 - 1961
Title page, from the journal "291" (No. 1, March 1915) (portfolio)
1915
pr.960.79.1a
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973
Blind Minotaur Led by a Young Girl, III (Minotaure aveugle guide par une fillette, III), from The...
November 4, 1934
pr.965.23.92
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican, 1883 - 1949
Grief (Afliccion); The Peasant (El Campesino)
1930
pr.985.40.2
Howard Norton Cook, American, 1901 - 1980
Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building in Construction)
1930
pr.990.48
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
The Rattlesnake (Snake in the Path)
original 1905; cast about 1919-1920
s.960.13.1
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Bronco Buster
original 1895; cast about 1919-1920
s.960.13.2
Marius Jean Antonin Mercie, French, 1845 - 1916
Gloria Victis! (Glory to the Vanquished)
after 1874, cast after 1879
s.999.5.2