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Home>Modern Paintings: 1950 - Present

# Modern Paintings: 1950 - Present

**Ellsworth Kelly**, American, born 1923, *Tiger*, 1953, oil on canvas (five joined panels), Gift of the Artist 1992.85.1

**Roy Lichtenstein**, American, 1923 - 1997, *Look Mickey*, 1961, oil on canvas, Gift of Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art 1990.41.1

**Andy Warhol**, American, 1928 - 1987, *A Boy for Meg*, 1962, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine © 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 1971.87.11

**Cy Twombly**, American, 1928 - 2011, *Untitled (Bolsena)*, 1969, oil-based house paint, wax crayon, and graphite on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Adriana and Robert Mnuchin 1995.73.1

**Sam Gilliam**, American, born 1933,*Relative*, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Anonymous Gift 1994.39.1

**Philip Guston**, American, born Canada, 1913 - 1980, *Rug*, 1976, oil on canvas, Gift of Edward R. Broida 2005.142.19

**Susan Rothenberg**, American, born 1945, *Butterfly*, 1976, acrylic on canvas, Gift of Perry R. and Nancy Lee Bass 1995.6.1

**Frank Stella**, American, born 1936,*******Sacramento Mall Proposal #4*, 1978, acrylic on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee 1982.53.1

**Jasper Johns**, American, born 1930, *Perilous Night*, 1982, encaustic on canvas with objects, Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff 1995.79.1

**Ed Ruscha**, American, born 1937, *I Think I'll...*, 1983, oil on canvas, Gift of Marcia S. Weisman, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art 1990.126.1

**Terry Winters**, American, born 1949,*Bitumen*, 1986, oil on linen, Richard S. Zeisler Fund 2008.35.1

**Sigmar Polke**, German, 1941 - 2010, *Hope is: Wanting to Pull Clouds*, 1992, polyester resin and acrylic on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee 1993.59.1

**Gerhard Richter**, German, born 1932,*******Abstract Painting 780-1*, 1992, oil on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee 1993.62.1

**Elizabeth Murray**, American, 1940 - 2007, *Careless Love*, 1995-1996, oil on shaped canvas, The Aaron I. Fleischman Fund 1996.28.1

**Jenny Holzer**, American, born 1950, *DODDOACID*, 2007, oil on linen, Gift of the Artist © Jenny Holzer 2010.78.6

**Sean Scully**, American, born Ireland, 1945, *ONEONEZERONINE RE**D*, 2009, oil on linen, Gift of Alan and Ellen Meckler 2009.125.1

**Kerry James Marshall**, American, born 1955,*Great America*, 1994, acrylic and collage on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee 2011.20.1

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