Whitney Museum

American Legends: From Calder To O’keeffe

22 Dec 2012 - 19 Oct 2014

Stuart Davis (1894–1964)
Owh! in San Paõ, 1951
Oil on canvas
52 1/4 × 41 3/4 in. (132.7 × 106 cm).
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 52.2. © Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
AMERICAN LEGENDS: FROM CALDER TO O’KEEFFE
22 December 2012 – 19 October 2014

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe showcases the Whitney’s deep holdings of artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by the eighteen leading artists: Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Gaston Lachaise, Jacob Lawrence, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Elie Nadelman, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Joseph Stella. Organized as one- and two-artist presentations, this exhibition provides a survey of each artist’s work across a range of mediums.

American Legends is organized by Barbara Haskell, Curator.

ON VIEW NOW
As part of this rotating exhibition, works by these artists are on view at the Museum through May 2013: Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Reginald Marsh, Elie Nadelman, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Joseph Stella.
 

Tags: Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, John Marin, Reginald Marsh