Opening on February 10, 2017, on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim features more than 170 modern objects from the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
Assembling many of the foundation’s most iconic works along with treasures by artists less familiar, this celebratory exhibition explores avant-garde innovations of the late nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries, as well as the groundbreaking activities of six pioneering arts patrons who brought to light some of the most significant artists of their day and established the Guggenheim Foundation’s identity as a forward- looking institution. Visionaries includes important works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Vincent van Gogh.
More than a dozen works on paper by Picasso and Van Gogh, rarely on view to the public, will be installed in the Thannhauser Gallery, where the earliest works represented in the Guggenheim collection are typically on display. Additionally, sculptures by Edgar Degas and paintings by Pierre- Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and Édouard Manet will be placed on the ramps for the occasion of the exhibition. In May, a fresh selection of works on paper by artists including Klee, Picasso, and Van Gogh will replace the first grouping.
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Woman Ironing, Paris, 1904 La repasseuse, Paris, 1904
Oil on canvas
45 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (116.2 x 73 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
78.2514.41
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45 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (116.2 x 73 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
78.2514.41
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Accordionist, Céret, summer 1911 L’accordéoniste, Céret, summer 1911
Oil on canvas
51 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (130.2 x 89.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.537
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51 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (130.2 x 89.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.537
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Carafe, Jug and Fruit Bowl, Horta de San Juan, summer 1909 Carafon, pot et compotier, Horta de San Juan, summer 1909
Oil on canvas
28 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches (71.8 x 64.6 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.536
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28 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches (71.8 x 64.6 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.536
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Bottles and Glasses, Paris, winter 1911–12 Bouteilles et verres, Paris, winter 1911–12
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
25 3/8 x 19 1/2 inches (64.4 x 49.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.539
25 3/8 x 19 1/2 inches (64.4 x 49.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.539
Robert Delaunay(1885-1941)
Eiffel Tower, 1911 (dated 1910 by the artist) Tour Eiffel, 1911 (dated 1910 by the artist)
Oil on canvas
79 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches (202 x 138.4 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.463
79 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches (202 x 138.4 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.463
Fernand Léger(1881-1955)
Nude Model in the Studio, 1912–13 Le modèle nu dans l’atelier, 1912–13
Oil on burlap
50 5/8 x 37 3/4 inches (128.6 x 95.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
49.1193
50 5/8 x 37 3/4 inches (128.6 x 95.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
49.1193
Fernand Léger(1881-1955)
The Smokers, December 1911–January 1912 Les fumeurs, December 1911–January 1912
Oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 38 inches (129.2 x 96.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.521
50 7/8 x 38 inches (129.2 x 96.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.521
Franz Marc(1880-1916)
Yellow Cow, 1911 Gelbe Kuh, 1911
Oil on canvas
55 3/8 x 74 1/2 inches (140.7 x 189.2 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
49.1210
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55 3/8 x 74 1/2 inches (140.7 x 189.2 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
49.1210
Franz Marc(1880-1916)
Stables, 1913 Stallungen, 1913
Oil on canvas
29 x 62 inches (73.6 x 157.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
46.1037
29 x 62 inches (73.6 x 157.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
46.1037
Remarks: Acquired through Karl Nierendorf
Robert Delaunay(1885-1941)
Window on the City No. 3, 1911–12 La fenêtre sur la ville no. 3, 1911–12
Oil on canvas
44 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches (113.7 x 130.8 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
47.878.R
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44 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches (113.7 x 130.8 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
47.878.R
Robert Delaunay(1885-1941)
Simultaneous Windows (2nd Motif, 1st Part), 1912 Les fenêtres simultanées [2e motif, 1re partie], 1912
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/4 inches (55.2 x 46.3 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
41.464
21 5/8 x 18 1/4 inches (55.2 x 46.3 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
41.464
Pierre Bonnard(1867-1947)
Dining Room on the Garden, 1934–35 Grande salle à manger sur le jardin, 1934–35
Oil on canvas
50 x 53 1/4 inches (126.8 x 135.3 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.432
50 x 53 1/4 inches (126.8 x 135.3 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
38.432
Vasily Kandinsky(1866-1944)
Composition 8, July 1923 Komposition 8, July 1923
Oil on canvas
55 1/8 x 79 1/8 inches (140 x 201 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.262
55 1/8 x 79 1/8 inches (140 x 201 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
37.262
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner(1880-1938)
Dancers, 1906 Tänzerinnen, 1906
Ink on paper
17 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (44.8 x 34.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase
48.1172.438
17 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (44.8 x 34.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase
48.1172.438
Remarks: FULL RUN
Oskar Kokoschka(1886-1980)
Knight Errant, 1915 Der irrende Ritter, 1915
Oil on canvas
35 1/4 x 70 7/8 inches (89.5 x 180 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase
35 1/4 x 70 7/8 inches (89.5 x 180 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase
Édouard Manet(1832-1883)
Portrait of Countess Albazzi, 1880 Portrait de la comtesse Albazzi, 1880
Pastel on primed canvas
22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (56.5 x 46.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Bequest, Hilde Thannhauser, 1991
91.3909
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22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (56.5 x 46.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Bequest, Hilde Thannhauser, 1991
91.3909
Georges Seurat(1859-1891)
Peasant with Hoe, 1882 Paysan à la houe, 1882
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 22 1/8 inches (46.3 x 56.1 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
41.716
18 1/4 x 22 1/8 inches (46.3 x 56.1 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift
41.716
Claude Monet(1840-1926)
The Palazzo Ducale, Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore, 1908 Le Palais Ducal vu de Saint-Georges Majeur, 1908
Oil on canvas
25 9/16 x 39 9/16 inches (65 x 100.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Bequest, Hilde Thannhauser, 1991
91.3910
25 9/16 x 39 9/16 inches (65 x 100.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Bequest, Hilde Thannhauser, 1991
91.3910
Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890)
The Road to Tarascon, late July–early August 1888 La route de Tarascon, late July–early August 1888 Reed pen and ink over graphite on paper
9 9/16 x 12 9/16 inches (24.3 x 31.9 cm)
9 9/16 x 12 9/16 inches (24.3 x 31.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
78.2514.22
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78.2514.22
Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890)
Boats at Saintes-Maries, late July–early August 1888 Bateaux à Saintes Maries, late July–early August 1888 Reed pen and ink over graphite on paper
9 9/16 x 12 9/16 inches (24.3 x 31.9 cm)
9 9/16 x 12 9/16 inches (24.3 x 31.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
78.2514.21
78.2514.21
Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)
Le Moulin de la Galette, Paris, autumn 1900
Oil on canvas
34 3/4 x 45 1/2 inches (88.2 x 115.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
Oil on canvas
34 3/4 x 45 1/2 inches (88.2 x 115.5 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
78.2514.34
Max Ernst
The Antipope, December 1941–March 1942
Oil on canvas, 160.8 x 127.1 cm
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976
© 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Paul Delvaux
The Break of Day (L’aurore), July 1937
Oil on canvas, 120 x 150.5cm
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976
© 2017 Foundation Paul Delvaux, Sint-Idesbald—ARS/SABAM Belgium
Jackson Pollock
Alchemy, 1947
Oil, aluminum, alkyd enamel paint with sand, pebbles, fibers, and broken wooden sticks on canvas, 114.6 x 221.3 cm
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 1976
© 2017 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York