Last weekend my husband and I took a jaunt to New York City. The excuse was a fundraiser for Castle Hill, an arts center on the Cape, but we also caught up with old friends and spent the afternoon at MoMA. We hadn’t been in quite a while, and were exhilarated at every turn. Here are 30 highlights. While you’re at it, look back at MoMA in a Minute, which never fails to mesmerize.
Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948
Paul Gauguin, Washerwomen, 1888
Pierre Bonnard, The Breakfast Room, 1930-31
Amadeo Modigliani, Reclining Nude, c. 1919
Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
Henri Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911
Henri Rousseau, The Dream, 1910
Gustav Klimt, Hope, II, 1907-087
Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921
Pablo Picasso, The Studio, winter 1927-28
Henri Matisse, The Moroccans, late 1915 and fall 1916
Pablo Picasso, Seated Bather, 1930
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Mark Rothko, No. 10, 1959
Robert Rauschenberg, Bed, 1955
Jackson Pollack, One: Number 31, 1950, 1950
Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936
Ellsworth Kelly, Running on White, 1959
Lyubov Popova, Painterly Architectonic, 1917
Hannah Wilke, Ponder-r-rosa 4, White Plains, Yellow Rocks, 1975
Constantin Brancusi
The Cock, 1924 | Mlle Pogany, 1913
Jasper Johns, Target with Four Faces,1955
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43
Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Two Whites Between Two Yellows, 1958
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Tom Wesselmann, Great American Nude, 2, 1961
Richard Hamilton, Pin-up, 1961
John McCracken, The Absolutely Naked Fragrance, 1967
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1968