Exploring Themes in American Art: Abstraction |
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| 1. | Alexander Calder, Little Spider, c. 1940 painted sheet metal and wire, 1.111 x 1.270 x 1.397 m (43 3/4 x 50 x 55 in.) |
| 2. | Marsden Hartley, The Aero, 1914 oil on canvas, without frame: 1.003 x .812 m (39 1/2 x 32 in.) |
| 3. | Lyonel Feininger, The Bicycle Race, 1912 oil on canvas, .803 x 1.003 m (31 5/8 x 39 1/2 in.) |
| 4. | John Marin, Woolworth Building, No. 28, 1912 watercolor over graphite, .470 x .396 m (18 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.) |
| 5. | Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V, 1930 oil on canvas, 1.219 x .762 m (48 x 30 in.) |
| 6. | Arthur Dove, Moth Dance, 1929 oil on canvas, .508 x .664 m (20 x 26 1/8 in.) |
| 7. | Arshile Gorky, One Year the Milkweed, 1944 oil on canvas, .942 x 1.193 m (37 x 47 in.) |
| 8. | David Smith, Sentinel I, 1956 steel, 2.276 x .429 x .575 m (89 5/8 x 16 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.) |
| 9. | Franz Kline, C & O, 1958 oil on canvas, 1.956 x 2.794 m (77 x 110 in.) |
| 10. | Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), 1950 oil, enamel, and aluminum on canvas, 2.210 x 2.997 m (87 x 118 in.) |
| 11. | Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1953 oil on canvas, 1.951 x 1.723 m (76 3/4 x 67 3/4 in.) |
| 12. | Helen Frankenthaler, Wales, 1966 acrylic on canvas, 2.875 x 1.144 m (113 1/4 x 45 in.) |
| 13. | Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965
color screenprint on heavy, white wove paper, sheet: .584 x .736 m (23 x 29 in.) |
| 14. | Jim Dine, Metamorphosis of a Plant into a Fan, 1974 cast aluminum, approximate: .660 x .406 x .305 m (26 x 16 x 12 in.) |
| 15. | Ellsworth Kelly, Light Green Panel, 1981/1982 painted aluminum, 1.070 x .807 x .004 m (42 1/8 x 31 3/4 x 3/16 in.) |
| 16. | Frank Stella, Jarama II, 1982 mixed media on etched magnesium, 3.199 x 2.539 x .628 m (126 x 100 x 24 3/4 in.) |
| 17. | Martin Puryear, Lever No. 3, 1989 carved and painted wood, 2.146 x 4.115 x .330 m (84 1/2 x 162 x 13 in.) |
| 18. | Robert Rauschenberg, Malaysian Flower Cave/ROCI MALAYSIA, 1990 acrylic and fabric on galvanized steel, 3.068 x 3.677 m (120 3/4 x 144 3/4 in.) |
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