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-<Black Lines (1913)
This is one of the
earliest examples of
Va sily Ka ndinsky' s
"non-objective" art.

A Paris Through the Window
The vibrant colors of Marc Chagall's -<Woman Holding a Vase
A The spiral design resembles 1913 masterpiece illuminate the canvas, Fernand L~ger incorporated
a nautilus shell, with spaces conjuring up images of a magical and elements of Cubism into this
flowing one into another mysterious city where nothing is quite work from 1927.
what it appears to be.

Tower galleries
MUSEUM GUIDE
The Great Rotunda puts on special exhibitions.
The Small Rotunda shows some of the museum's Before the Mirror
celebrated lm pressi oni st and Post -lm pressionist (1876) >
In trying to capture
holdings. The Tower galleries feature exhibitions
of work from the permanent collection, as well as the flavor of 19th-century
French society, Edouard
Great Rotunda contemporary pieces. A sculpture terrace on the Man et often used the
5th floor overlooks Central Park. image of the courtesan.
Nude (1917) >
This sleeping figure is typical of
Amedeo Modigliani's stylized
work. His simplified faces are
reminiscent of African masks.

GJrving Interior Ramp
Used in pia ce of conventional
level floors, this I eads to the
top of the Great Rotund a.

A Woman with Yellow Hair (1931)
Mari~ Th~r~se Walter, Picasso's mistress,
is shown as a gentle, voluptuous figure.
A Woman Ironing
KEY DATES
(1904)
1949 1959 1992 A work from Pablo
Picasso's Blue
Frank Lbyd Wright Guggenheim dies The Solomon R. The restored and Period, this painting
is commissioned and the project is Guggenheim expanded mus- is his quin tess en ti al
to design the delayed; ~final~ Museum opens eum, with a new image of hard work
museum. begins in 1956. on Fifth Avenue. annexe, reopens.
and fatigue.