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WCMA's
holdings in modern and contemporary art
constitute the most significant 20th century collection in the
area. Modern art from 1900-1945 is represented by almost 1000
works, 8.5 percent of the permanent collection; there are over 2500
post-1945 works which is 23 percent of the collection. Among the many
post-1945 American artists represented are Ida Applebroog, Lynda
Benglis, Willem De Kooning, Jim Dine, Philip Guston, Ann Hamilton,
Jenny Holzer, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Robert Morris, Louise
Nevelson, Philip Pearlstein, Adrian Piper, Robert Rauschenberg,
Ad Reinhardt, Faith Ringgold, Larry Rivers, Cindy Sherman, Lorna
Simpson, David Smith, Kiki Smith, Mark Tansey, and Andy Warhol.
The collection also includes important works by British artists
Gilbert and George and French artists Anne and Patrick Poirier.
Other European artists such as A.R. Penck and Gilberto Zorio
are represented by works on extended loan. In addition, photographs
by Diane Arbus, Manuel Alvaraz Bravo, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine,
Alfredo Jaar, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Carrie
Mae Weems and Joel-Peter Witkin are also represented.
Gilbert and George
Life Without End, 1982
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