Synopsis
MoMA Audio: Collection offers commentaries by dozens of curators, artists, critics, and conservators. To view images of these artworks, please visit the Online Collection at moma.org/collection. MoMA Audio is available free of charge courtesy of Bloomberg.
Episodes
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549 - Aleksandr Rodchenko. Spatial Construction No. 12. c. 1920
04/06/2014Plywood, open construction partially painted with aluminum paint, and wire 24 x 33 x 18 1/2" (61 x 83.7 x 47 cm). Acquisition made possible through the extraordinary efforts of George and Zinaida Costakis, and through the Nate B. and Frances Spingold, Matthew H. and Erna Futter, and Enid A. Haupt Funds
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548 - Max Ernst. Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale 1924
04/06/2014Oil on wood with painted wood elements and frame 27 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 4 1/2" (69.8 x 57.1 x 11.4 cm) Purchase © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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547 - Marcel Duchamp. 3 Standard Stoppages. Paris 1913-14
04/06/2014Wood box 11 1/8 x 50 7/8 x 9" (28.2 x 129.2 x 22.7 cm), with three threads 39 3/8" (100 cm), glued to three painted canvas strips 5 1/4 x 47 1/4" (13.3 x 120 cm), each mounted on a glass panel 7 1/4 x 49 3/8 x 1/4" (18.4 x 125.4 x 0.6 cm), three wood slats 2 1/2 x 43 x 1/8" (6.2 x 109.2 x 0.2 cm), shaped along one edge to match the curves of the threads Katherine S. Dreier Bequest © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp
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546 - Umberto Boccioni. Dynamism of a Soccer Player. 1913
04/06/2014Oil on canvas 6' 4 1/8" x 6' 7 1/8" (193.2 x 201 cm) The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
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538 - Henri Matisse. The Piano Lesson. 1916
04/06/2014Oil on canvas, 8' 1/2" x 6' 11 3/4" (245.1 x 212.7 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2008 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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516 - Kazimir Malevich. Reservist of the First Division. 1914
04/06/2014Oil on canvas with collage of printed paper, postage stamp, and thermometer, 21 1/8 x 17 5/8" (53.7 x 44.8 cm). 1935 Acquisition confirmed in 1999 by agreement with the Estate of Kazimir Malevich and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange)
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504 - Piet Mondrian. Composition in Brown and Gray. 1913
04/06/2014Oil on canvas 33 3/4 x 29 3/4" (85.7 x 75.6 cm)
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414 - Claes Oldenburg. Red Tights with Fragment 9. April 1961
04/06/2014Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel Gift of G. David Thompson Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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315 - Arthur Young. Bell-47D1 Helicopter. 1945
04/06/2014 Duration: 02minAluminum, steel, and acrylic plastic, 9' 2 3/4" x 7' 11" x 42' 8 3/4" (281.3 x 302 x 1271.9 cm). Manufactured by Bell Helicopter Inc., Buffalo, NY. Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund
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572 - Edvard Munch. The Storm. 1893
04/06/2014 Duration: 01minOil on canvas 36 1/8 x 51 1/2" (91.8 x 130.8 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Irgens Larsen and acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Funds Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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527 - Diego Rivera. Agrarian Leader Zapata. 1931
04/06/2014Fresco, 7' 9 3/4" x 6' 2" (238.1 x 188 cm). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. © 2010 Diego Rivera / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico
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576 - Stuart Davis. Lucky Strike. 1921
28/01/2014 Duration: 53sOil on canvas, 33 1/4 x 18" (84.5 x 45.7 cm). Gift of The American Tobacco Company, Inc. Audio courtesy of Antenna International
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573 - Andrew Wyeth. Christina's World. 1948
23/01/2014 Duration: 01minTempera on panel, 32 1/4 x 47 3/4" (81.9 x 121.3 cm). Purchase Audio courtesy of Antenna International
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208 - Charles Ray. Family Romance. 1993
14/01/2014 Duration: 01minPainted fiberglass and synthetic hair, 53" x 7' 1" x 11" (134.6 x 215.9 x 27.9 cm). Gift of The Norton Family Foundation. © 2011 Charles Ray Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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104 - Introduction to the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden (English)
26/09/2013 Duration: 01minAudio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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540 - René Magritte. The Menaced Assassin. 1927 (English)
10/09/2013 Duration: 01minOil on canvas, 59 1/4" x 6' 4 7/8" (150.4 x 195.2 cm). Kay Sage Tanguy Fund. © 2010 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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448 - Richard Artschwager. Johnson Wax Building. 1974
13/08/2013 Duration: 02min(American, born 1923) Synthetic polymer paint on board with metal frame. Gift of Edward R. Broida Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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250 - Mona Hatoum. Untitled (grater). 1996 (English)
27/06/2013 Duration: 01minAudio courtesy of Acoustiguide
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223 - Jeff Koons. New Shelton Wet/Dry Doubledecker. 1981 (English)
27/06/2013 Duration: 01minVacuum cleaners, plexiglass, and fluorescent lights, 8' 5/8" x 28" x 28" (245.4 x 71.1 x 71.1 cm). Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser. © 2013 Jeff Koons Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide