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Painting featuring a dense city view bisected by a bright blue river with a tugboat headed right. Factory smokestacks and industrial structures define the far bank. The near back features a mass of close-together structures in different styles and heights. A smoky haze permeates the view, softening the sharp diagonals and corners of the cityscape.

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Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks”

Featuring the iconic artist’s little-known but spectacularly dynamic renderings of a rapidly developing New York City, this exhibition is the first to examine these pivotal works of her early career and to take seriously O’Keeffe’s declaration that her “New Yorks would turn the world over.”

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Abstract painting composed of small vertical dabs of multiple shades of blue with a small area of similar strokes of red, orange, and yellow in the upper right.

Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.

Painting of bedroom, blue walls, green window, tan bed, red bedding.

Painting of mother in blue, purple, and green-stripped dress washing child's feet.

Portrait of man wearing voluminous black cloak, feathered hat, and gold medallion.

Large black sculpture in the shape of Africa. The form is covered in gold chains, circular photographs or "medallions" depicting prominent African American figures, and other images and text. The sculpture hangs on a white wall.
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Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

Painting, mostly in shades of blue, of a thin, bent, older man wearing ragged clothes and sitting cross-legged playing a guitar positioned upright in his lap.

A color woodblock print of a large crashing wave, looms over two narrow boats full of people. Mt Fuji in the background. There is a faint peach colored sky.

Gold knife with figure on handle, round turquoise inlays on crown.

Abstract painting composed of a central tangle of vibrant colors—purple, pink, orange, green, red—on a mostly gray background, subtly divided into rectangular areas.

Dark stone sculpture of Buddha sitting cross-legged, hands in lap, eyes closed.

Painting of a pond seen up close spotted with thickly painted pink and white water lilies and a shadow across the top third of the picture.

Painting of a woman and an older white man holding a pitchfork, both seen from the waist up. They stand side by side with stern expressions, in front of a white house with a peaked roof.

Scene in a diner, viewed through wrap-around glass windows, at night on an empty urban street. A light-skinned man and woman, he in a suit and she in a red dress, sit together at a triangular wood bar, eyes downcast. At left sits another man, his back to the viewer. Behind the counter is a light-skinned man in a white uniform. The interior lights cast a yellow glow that spills onto the street in pale green. Above the diner a sign reads, "Phillies."

White marble bust of woman wearing headband and tunic.

Abstract painting, black background covered with flicks and smudges of white and other colors.

Miniature room with two tall windows framing a small Cubist painting and a fireplace, two golden scuptures set before the windows. At right, a small red couch is flanked by two Lucite chairs. At left, an open glass door is flanked by oak chaises with red cushions. A plush cream rug fills the space.

Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s collection—from our renowned icons to lesser-known works from every corner of the globe.

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