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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
One of the great architectural achievements of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd
Wright's 1959 spiral interior alone would make this museum a must. Solomon
Guggenheim's core collection of Abstract art has been widened by donations
of several important collections. The museum owns a host of work by Brancusi,
Calder, Klee, Chagall, Miró, Leger, Mondrian, Picasso, Oldenberg, and Rausch-
enberg. Only a small portion, changed periodically, is displayed, as the main
gallery is used for temporary exhibits. Sections of the Thannhauser collection,
which includes masterpieces by Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Picasso,
are always on view. The Guggenheim has the largest collection of Kandinsky's
works in the U.S.. The Kandinsky Gallery contains permanent displays.
Top 10 Exhibits
1 Woman Ironing
(Thannhauser Collection)
2 Woman with Yellow Hair
(Thannhauser Collection)
3 Mountains at Saint-Remy
(Thannhauser Collection)
4 Before the Mirror
(Thannhauser Collection)
5 Haere Mai
(Thannhauser Collection)
6 Still Life: Flask, Glass, and
Jug (Thannhauser
Collection)
7 Bibémus (Thannhauser
Collection)
8 The Hermitage at Pontoise
(Thannhauser Collection)
9 Black Lines
0 Paris Through the Window
Façade of the Guggenheim
Museum
The café on the main
floor is a good spot
to rest your feet.
The best way to see
the museum is to
take the elevator to
the skylighted top
and wind your way
back down.
Free jazz concerts
take place on
Saturday evenings.
Woman Ironing
Picasso's early paintings
showed sympathy for the
working class. This striking
1904 canvas uses angular
contours and a bleak palette
of whites and grays to make
the subject a symbol of the
misfortunes of the poor.
There is a regular
weekly program of
talks and tours.
Check the main desk
for current schedules.
• 1071 5th Avenue at
89th St • Map E4
• 212 423 3500
• www.guggenheim.org
• Open 10am-5:45pm
Sat-Wed, 10am-8pm
Fri
• Adults $15, students
and seniors (with valid
ID) $10, children under
12 and members free,
6-8pm Fri donation only.
Woman with
Yellow Hair
In this memorable portrait
from 1931, Picasso portrays
the supple body and golden
tresses of his mistress,
Marie-Thérèse, one of his
favorite subjects. He
employed the continuous
arched line from forehead
to nose that he would often
repeat in the many paintings
of his young muse.
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For more New York museums See pp40-41
 
 
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