Summer Landscape
Stuart Davis
1930
Oil on canvas
The Clinic
Ben Shan
1941
Screenprint
The Daughter of Soviet Kyrgyzia
Social Realism
Semyon Chuikov
1948
Oil on canvas
The United States Pavilion at the XXVII Venice Biennale, 1954.
United States, Museum of Modern Art, Venice Biennale, International Council
The United States Pavilion was purchased with private funds through efforts coordinated by MoMA's International Council. American representation at the 1954 Venice Biennale was organized completely by private efforts, making the United States the only country represented without official government support.
1954
The works of Yasuo Kuniyoshi on display at the 1952 Venice Biennale.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Museum of Modern Art, International Program, Venice Biennale
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was represented at the 1952 Venice Biennale, among others, in spite of official U.S. government distaste for his work. Only through private efforts could his work be submitted to represent the United States.
1952
White Light
Jackson Pollock
1954
Oil, enamel, and aluminum paint on canvas
Woman
Willem de Kooning
1950
Oil, cut and pasted paper on cardboard