Beyond 1913

Beyond 1913

The cataclysmic events of the War galvanized the modernist and multifaceted aesthetic of 1913 in various ways. During the next two decades, the trends in formal experimentation and modes of engagement that were initiated by the avant-garde movements persisted and evolved. These three works evoke the legacies of 1913. Paul Klee’s watercolor, which juxtaposes strict geometric frames with softer, organic-looking forms, points to the ongoing exploration of abstraction. Chaïm Soutine’s painting of dead poultry is a visceral interpretation of expressionist idioms and leaves a lasting impression of violence. This impending violence appears in Pablo Picasso’s Minotauromachy, a highly symbolic etching that prefigures Guernica but also distills the politically agitated 1930s.

Burton Glinn, American, 1925–2008
Mock-up of Nikita Khrushchev in front of the Lincoln Memorial, 1959
L.2020.4.36
Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
Pietro dal Monte, 1611–19
x1934-44 s
Greek, Late Geometric
Horse, ca. 740–730 B.C.
y1937-222
Egyptian, New Kingdom
Double Vase/Flask, 1387–1212 B.C.
y1945-223
attributed to Jan Lievens, Dutch, 1607–1674
Man at Table
x1952-111
Chinese, Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, 770–256 B.C. to early Western Han dynasty
Animal-shaped vessel (zun), 4th–1st century B.C.
y1953-18 a-b
Master of 1518 (Jan Mertens the younger), Netherlandish, Antwerp, ca. 1470–1527
Adoration of the Magi
y1975-2
Leon Victor Dupré, French, 1816–1879
Landscape
y1977-69
British photographer
Hotel Elisabeth–Ischl, ca. 1869-1879
x1978-84.7
Salvator Rosa, Italian, 1615–1673
Death of Atilius Regulus, ca. 1662
x1980-5
Clarence H. White, American, 1871–1925
Nude and baby [6/6], 1912
x1983-267
Clarence H. White, American, 1871–1925
Processional at Barnard College, 1911, printed ca. 1924
x1983-301
Middle Byzantine
Finial ornament, 11th–12th century
y1986-69
Egyptian, New Kingdom , 19th–20th Dynasties
Head and shoulders of a male from a private pair-statue, 1303–1085 B.C.
y1986-113
Michael Kenna, British, born 1953
The Rouge, Study 79, Dearborn, Michigan, 1995
1997-29.79
Michael Kenna, British, born 1953
The Rouge, Study 79, Dearborn, Michigan, 1995
1997-29.79
Francisco Toledo, Mexican, 1940–2019
Gato con manzanas (Cat with Apples), 1975
2001-131
Chinese, Modern period, 1912–present
Zhi Lin 林志, born 1959
Drawing and Quartering, from the series Five Capital Punishments in China, 2000–03
2005-131
George Segal, American, 1924–2000
Woman on White Wicker Rocker, 1984–85
2007-37
Florian Schmidt, Austrian, born 1980
Untitled (Community) 42, 2011
2011-112
Japanese, Edo period, 1615–1868
Flowers, 19th century
2015-100
Period IV or Period V, Costa Rican
Tubular bead, 1000 B.C.–A.D. 1000
2016-181
Published by D. C. Burnite & Company, American, 1833–1886
African-American lady with tax revenue stamp, 1864–65
2017-25
Kati Horna, Hungarian, active Mexico, 1912–2000
Untitled, from Oda a la Necrofilia (Ode to Necrophilia), 1962
2018-45

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