Four Directions
Alexander Calder
1956
Hanging mobile: painted aluminum and iron wire
The Clinic
Ben Shan
1941
Screenprint
White Light
Jackson Pollock
1954
Oil, enamel, and aluminum paint on canvas
Homestead
John Kane
c. 1929
Oil on canvas
No. 13 (White, Red on Yellow)
Mark Rothko
1958
Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
Jackson Pollock
Summer Landscape
Stuart Davis
1930
Oil on canvas
Woman
Willem de Kooning
1950
Oil, cut and pasted paper on cardboard
Rene d'Harnoncourt (right) at the press opening of "12 American Painters and Sculptors," Musee National d'Art Modern, Paris
Rene d'Harnoncourt, International Program, Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Abstract Expressionism
Rene d'Harnoncourt, then Director of MoMA, is pictured at the International Program's first major exhibition abroad. A Jackson Pollock painting is displayed left and behind d'Harnoncourt while an Alexander Calder mobile hangs over him.
1953
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