Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper

Backlash, Backlash...

Glenn Ligon · 1991

Oilstick on heavy white wove card, ruled with graphite

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Head of a Woman

Pablo Picasso · spring 1909

Gouache, watercolor, and black and ochre chalks, manipulated with stump and wet brush, on cream laid paper

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Nude in a Folding Chair

Henri Matisse · c. 1906

Brush and black wash on ivory laid paper, pieced at top edge

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"Untitled" (Bloodwork—Steady Decline)

Felix Gonzalez-Torres · 1993

Graphite and gouache on paper

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Untitled

Arturo Herrera · 1998

Collage of commercially prepared papers and mixed media on white envelope

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Hydra

Brice Marden · 1987

Ink and gouache on paper

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Seated Female Nude

Pablo Picasso · summer 1909

Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper

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Aphrodite (Negril) with Green

Brice Marden · 1991–94

Stick and black and colored inks, with white gouache, on ivory wove paper

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Perilous Night

Jasper Johns · 1982

Higgins ink on frosted mylar

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Untitled (Perfect)

Barbara Kruger · 1980

Collage of self-adhesive vinyl letters and frosted mylar, cut-and-tipped to gelatin silverprint

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Madame Matisse with Her Fan

Henri Matisse · 1906

Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper

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Untitled (Self-Portrait)

Martin Kippenberger · 1988

Watercolor, gouache, pastel, blue and black ballpoint pens, and silver paint on white wove paper

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Two Nudes, Standing

Pablo Picasso · fall 1906

Graphite, with stumping, on cream laid paper

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Bal (recto); Guitar (verso)

Georges Braque · 1912

Collage composed of charcoal and cut-and-pasted commercially printed tan wove papers (recto) and charcoal (verso) on white laid paper

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Caryatid: Rose and Blue

Amedeo Modigliani · 1912–14

Watercolor, with pen and black ink, graphite, and touches of brown crayon on tan wove paper (pieced), laid down on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper

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Portrait of a Woman

Umberto Boccioni · 1909

Graphite on tan wove paper

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Untitled 6/20/89

Carroll Dunham · 1989

Green, yellow, and red wax crayon with graphite on ivory wove paper

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Glass, Siphon and Checkerboard

Juan Gris · 1917

Charcoal, with stumping on cream laid paper

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Untitled

Terry Winters · 1990

Charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on off-white wove Japanese paper

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Untitled (Amategram)

Ana Mendieta · 1981–82

Acrylic paint on amate (Mexican bark paper)

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Untitled

Philip Guston · 1976

Pen and ink on paper

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Self-Portrait with Straw Boater

Gino Severini · 1912

Charcoal, with stumping on ivory laid paper

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Sailboats at Collioure

André Derain · 1905

Pen and brush and black ink on cream laid paper

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Untitled

Arturo Herrera · 1998

Collage of commercially prepared papers and mixed media on white envelope

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Fernande Olivier

Pablo Picasso · summer 1906

Charcoal, with stumping, on cream laid paper

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Untitled (Dancer)

Susan Rothenberg · 1985

Charcoal on paper

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Themis

Nancy Spero · 1979

Collage composed of cut and pasted papers with brush and black ink, metallic paints, and scraping, over traces of graphite, on off-white wove paper and printing in black ink on white wove paper, laid down on cream laid paper (pieced)

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Untitled

Arturo Herrera · 1998

Collage of commercially prepared papers and mixed media on white envelope

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Woman's Head

Umberto Boccioni · 1909

Graphite, with touches of stumping and scraping on tan wove paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines

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The First Step

Constantin Brancusi · c. 1912

Oil, over graphite, on brown woodpulp board, prepared with shellac

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Vanilla Nightmares #2

Adrian Piper · 1986

Charcoal and red crayon, with erasing, on tan wove paper (newsprint)

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Woman with a Helmet of Hair

Pablo Picasso · 1904

Gouache on tan wood pulp board

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Untitled

Arturo Herrera · 1998

Collage of commercially prepared papers and mixed media on white envelope

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New York Times, Horizontal/China Times, Vertical

Laurie Anderson · 1971–79

Collage composed of cut, pasted, and woven newspaper strips

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Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study

Piet Mondrian · c. 1905

Fabricated charcoal on blue laid paper

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