Exhibition history

Contemporary Unknown American Painters

Oct 18–Nov 18, 1939

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Modern Primitives: Artists of the People

Oct 21, 1941–Apr 30, 1944

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Dec 9, 1942–Jan 24, 1943

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The Paintings of Morris Hirshfield

Jun 23–Aug 1, 1943

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Paintings from New York Private Collections

Jul 2–Sep 22, 1946

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Dec 23, 1948–Mar 13, 1949

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955

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Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art

Dec 3, 1960–Jan 8, 1961

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Art in the Mirror

Nov 22, 1966–Feb 6, 1967

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The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Jan 17–Mar 4, 1968

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Ways of Looking

Jul 28–Nov 1, 1971

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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

Jan 7–Feb 22, 1972

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Art of the Forties

Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991

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Postwar to Pop: Masterworks from MoMA's Collection

Apr 22–Oct 5, 1999

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Making Choices

Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000

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521: Masters of Popular Painting

Oct 21, 2019–Jul 23, 2023

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