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| Varvara Stepanova, Figure, 1921, oil on canvas |
The MoMa was smashed full of people avoiding a spot of rain and taking in the de Kooning retrospective. I too had come to see the heralded de Kooning exhibition curated by John Elderfield. However the show was so crowded that protecting my broken foot became a distraction. When I took a swipe at two young Spanish tourists as they collided with my injured paw I knew it was time for me to move on.
It was time to look at all the paintings that were not drawing a crowd. It was time to discover all the lonely paintings. de Kooning had a Cedar Tavern cool crew packed in and around each brush stroke. There was no room for the paintings to greet each other o the wall let a lone a visitor see them.
But one floor away...Stepanova was dancing!
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| de Kooning |
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| Bernard Buffet, (I believe this may be titled Blowfish) |
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| Morandi, 1931, Oil on canvas |
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| Lyubov Popova, Painterly Architectonic, 1971, Oil on canvas |
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| Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Schematic Composition, 1933, Oil and wood on composition board |
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| Leger |
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| Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1895-98, Oil on canvas |
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| Al Held painting in the MoMa lobby |
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| Crowd |
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