Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906), Still Life with Fruit Dish. 1879-80, Oil on canvas. 18-1/4 x 21-1/2", The Museum of Modern Art, Fractional gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro, Horta de Ebro, summer 1909, Oil on canvas. 24-1/8 x 20-1/8", The Museum of Modern Art, Fractional and promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
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Museum of Modern Art
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New York
Cézanne to Picasso:
Paintings from the
David and Peggy
Rockefeller Collection
July 17, 2009-August 31, 2009
This intimate installation highlights a group of ten exceptional early modern European paintings given or promised to MoMA by David and Peggy Rockefeller. Featuring superb examples of Post-Impressionist, Fauvist, and Cubist painting that range in date from Paul Cézanne's Still Life with Fruit Dish (1879-80) to Pablo Picasso's The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro (summer 1909), this presentation celebrates the Rockefellers' longstanding generosity to the Museum and the early flowering of modern art. Among the other works included are Henri Matisse's vibrant Interior with a Young Girl/Girl Reading (1905–06) and André Derain’s Charing Cross Bridge (1905-06), a brilliantly colored Fauve cityscape.
The installation was organized by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture.
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954), Interior with a Young Girl (Girl Reading), Paris 1905-06, Oil on canvas. 28-5/8 x 23-1/2", The Museum of Modern Art, Fractional gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, © 2009 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
