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5 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Home to one of the world’s finest collections of modern and contemporary
art, the building itself, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is perhaps the
Guggenheim’s greatest masterpiece. The exterior of the museum was
beautifully restored in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the building
in 2009. The shell-like facade is a veritable New York landmark. Inside, the
spiral ramp curves down and inward from the dome, passing works by
major 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century artists along the way.

Paris Through the Window
The vibrant colors of Marc Chagall’s 1913 masterpiece
illuminate the canvas, conjuring up images of a magical and
mysterious city where nothing is quite what it appears to be.

Woman Ironing (1904)
A work from Pablo Picasso’s
Blue Period, this painting is
his quintessential image of Main entrance
hard work and fatigue.

KEY
1 Sackler Center for
Arts Education
2 Small Rotunda
3 Tower
4 Great Rotunda Yellow Cow (1911) Nude (1917)
5 Café Franz Marc’s late work focused This sleeping figure is typical of
on nature and color. Amedeo Modigliani’s stylized work.

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