Meloy and Paxson Galleries
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Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1947

Willem de Kooning, Untitled,
1947, oil and charcoal on paperboard

May 6 - August 16, 2008

The Poindexter Collection

Presenting a cross section of modern American painting including works by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline and Richard Diebenkorn on loan to MMAC from the Montana Historical Society.
Meloy and Paxson Galleries

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE:

•Thursday, May 22, 7pm, Meloy Gallery, PARTV Center: Manuela Well-Off-Man, MMAC Curator, Abstract Expressionism - Innovations and Traditions.


Major Modernist Works on View

 

 

Two major modernist works on loan from a private collection are on view though May 16, 2008
in the UM President's Office Lobby:

E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown, by British artist Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)

White Relief (2), by British artist Ben Nicholson (b. 1894)

The President's Office Lobby, located in Main Hall is open to the public Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, except on holidays.

Images from left to right:

Frank Auerbach, E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown, oil on board, 1965, 12" x 15.75"

Ben Nicholson, White Relief (2), oil on carved board, 1935, 15.5" x 6.5"


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