THE OBJECT TRANSFORMED OFfiCE OF TIlE REGI~T~I,R with an introduction by Mildred Constantine and Arthur Drexler MoMAExh_0800_MasterChecklist The Museum of Modern Art, New York In dimensions, height precedes width and depth. All works are illustrated with the exceptIOn of catalog numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 30. o JANET COOPER. i6,~30 1. No Deposit, No Return.","4tXNj' x/ !; • American, born 1937 in Englewood, New Jersey. (1966) Glass milk bollles, -&-x-8". Lent by the Studied at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, artist. III. p. 14. and New School for Social Research, New York. 66.113'1_ ''<./'(£'' Bo'nE;}. (1'1&>5) c;.(./fS5 Bpn.CS. Has exhibited ceramics in New York, New Jersey, .;-2,. "'c4'7 l3T' TIlE; M7IS7. !!!.£1 -c:-:x.1r "0 and California. MORRIS GRAVES. 1t.'1;),2. English Nightfall Piece. 24V. x 20V2 ". American, born 1910 in Fox Valley, Oregon. Greatly /'1.'10. 3. French Nightfall Piece. 26 x 21". influenced by travel in Far East. Exhibitions in / ~.i:J.4. German Nightfall Piece. 26V. x 21 V. ", United States, Europe (especially Scandinavia), and :i'i.o/;), 5. Roman Nightfall Piece. 26V. x 21". III. p, 16. Far East since 1936.Participated in Museum of Series of four drawings representing four Modern Art's exhibition "Americans 1942." Two major participating countries of Munich peace talks,(1938) MoMAExh_0800_MasterChecklist retrospective exhibitions, 1957 and 1963. Pencil with pen and red ink on buff paper. The Has lived in Ireland since 1957. Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchase, 1942. HABBAH. ",.n3 ~. Ull1itfed. 013% ~ Iraqi, born 1928in Bagdad. Studied painting and (1966)Silver forks and spoons,-2<t" long. Lent by sculpture (primarily in metal). Left Middle East in Galerie Iris Clert, Paris. III. p. 12. 1955 for Paris, where he began working with materials such as chewing gum, pasteboard boxes, and papier rnache which "lend themselves endlessly to multiple transmutations." Lives in Paris. JASPER JOHNS. 6/'.n1 7. Book. /';; J/?)< ?;f )( /; h American, born 1930 in Allendale, South Carolina. 1957. Encaustic on book,9% x 13 . In various group and one-man shows since 1956, Private collection, New York. III. p. 24. including Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Sixteen Americans," 1959, and United States representation at XXXII Biennale, Venice, 1964. KAREN KARNES. '-',831 .II. Untitfed. American, born 1925 in New York. Studied in Italy (1965) Ceramic pitchers, 9% x 22% x 123/4". and at Alfred University, Alfred, New York. Lent by the artist. III. p. 15. Potter-in-residence at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1952-54.Silver medal, XIII Triennale, Milan, 1964, and two awards in Syracuse International, Syracuse, New York. Teaches at her own studio and at Haystack School, Deer Isle, Maine. KUSAMA. UXJh 9. Handbag. Japanese, born in Matsumoto, Japan. Has 1964 Leather macaroni . .. participated in group shows in United States, Japan, 23%'x 14 x 4';2 ", ani, and silver plastic paint, and Ge.rmany since 1955, and has had one-man H.~15" 10. Dress. shows In United_ States and Japan since 1952. 1964. Flannel , maca r oni ru, an dSl s!lver p I' astic paint . 52 x 35 x 2". III. p. 29. ' Lent by the Castellane Gallery, New York. ~--------------------- JOHN LATHAM. U, f.2f 11. "Portraits of Illustrious Personages of f'J(.,,/:;f ri' British, born 1921 in Northern Rhodesia. Studied at ~reat Britain by Edmund Lodge. MDCCC~ ~ Chelsea School of Art, London, 1946-51. In various (1962) Three books on board-s x 12 J( 9"-:'Collection exhibitions in Europe and United States, including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Cohen, New York. III. p. 25. Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "The Art of Assemblage," 1961. Lives in London. LES LEVINE. J;£.83,1. 12. Untitled. Canadian, born 1936 in Dublin. Studied at Central (1965)Thermo-plastic over captain's chair, School of Arts and Crafts, London. Emigrated to 36% x 215/. x 26'/.". Lent by the Fischbach Canada, 1958. Various group and one-man shows MoMAExh_0800_MasterChecklist Gallery, New York. III. p. 20. in Canada and New York since 1963. MAN RAY. .:1.'(1. cc 13. Cadeau. American, born 1S90 in Philadelphia. Exhibited in (C. 1955)Replica made by the artist after the original of New York, 1912, and participated in proto-Dadaist 1921. F'latiron with tacks, 6 x 4 V, x 3% ", The Museum group, New York, 1917. Paris 1921, a member of of Modern Art, New York, purchase, 1966.111.p. 2S. Dadaist group, and later of Surrealist group. Began "57714. Ce qui nous manque a nous tous. working in photography in 1921. Participated in (19251 Clay pipe and plexiglas bubble, 5'14x 9 x 4% ", Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Fantastic Art, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Meriden, Dada, Surrealism," 1936. Recent one-man show Connecticut. III. p. 18. at Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, 1965. Lives in Paris. PRESTON McCLANAHAN. I,t.II35" )5. Untitled. American, born 1933 in Charieston, West Virginia. (1966)Brandy glass and urethane foam, Studied at Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1951-54. S% x 7V, x 6%". Lent by the artist. III. p. 21. In group shows in Pennsylvania, Boston, Houston, and New York since 1965. BRUNO MUNARI. 3?5.~J 16. L',l)ra X. Italian, born 1907 in Milan. Graphic and industrial (1962)Clock: aluminum and plastic, 711." diameter x designer. Participated with Gruppo N experiments in I 2V,". The Museum of Modern Art, New York, programmed art. Group shows in Europe and United Greta Daniei Design Fund, 1963.111.pp. 30-31. States, including Museum of Modern Art's eXhibition.3~t'17{Untitled.) 1=0R.1:.. "Two Graphic Designers," 1954. Major one- man 1964. Silver fork, 8%" long. The Museum of show at Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1965, tJ!odern Art, New York, Greta Daniel Design Fund, including all aspects of his work. 1964.111. p.10. ~'Io"'18.lUntitled} Fod, 1964. Silver fork, SV,"long. The Museum of . Modern Art, New York, Greta Daniel Design Fund, 1964. III. p. 10._ J'(itS' 19. (Unlilled) I-OI'.K 1964. Silver fork, 8V," long. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Greta Daniel Design~ Fund , 1964. III. p.ll. MERET OPPENHEIM. /8<>. '16Q..-~20.lJI1litled. Swiss, born 1913in Berlin. Participated with 6936}Fur-covered ~up, plate, and spo~,n; cup 4'/.' Surrealists in Salon des Surindependents. Paris, diameter, plate 9'/. diameter, spoon 8 long. 1933; subsequently participated in almost all shows The Museum of Modern Art, New York, of this group in Europe and United States. purchase, 1946. III. p. 13. Participated in Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism," 1936. Various one-man shows since 1936. Lives in Basel and Paris. OLEN ORR. ~IS3S'21. Grand Union. American, born 1939 in Gienmora, Louisiana. Studied (1965)Wax on paper bags, 25V2 x 15 x 13% ", art at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Private collection, New York. III. p. 32. 1957-58, and sculpture at Art Students, League,, New York, 1961. MoMAExh_0800_MasterChecklist RALPH ORTIZ. 7'.6822. Archeological Find #3. American, born 1934 in New York. Studied (i961)Burnt mattress (dis-assemblage), 9% x 747/. x architecture at Pratt Institute, New York, 1952-53, and 41V. ", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, at Art Students League, New York, 1955-57. Brooklyn gift of Mrs. Constance Levene, 1963. III. p. 23. Museum, 1957-58. Pratt Institute Department of Art Education, 1961-63.One-man exhibition, Pratt 'Institute, 1962. Included in Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Recent Acquisitions," February 1965. WOLFGANG PAALEN. 23. Nuage articule. Austrian, born 1905 in Vienna. Studied painting in 1938. Umbrella covered with sponge, 20% x 31V," Italy, 1921, with Leo von Konig, and in Berlin, 1923, (photograph only in exhibition). Collection with Adolf Meyer. Academy Hoffmann, Munich, 1925. Madame Geo Dupin, Paris. III. p. 22. Participated in Surrealist exhibitions in Paris and London. Lived in Mexico from 1939 to his death in 1959. TONY PALLADINO. 6{.93{' .24. Rildio is Dead! American, born 1930 in New York. Designer and (1960/Copper and nails over table-top radio, illustrator since 1948. Studied at High School of 16V. x 13 x 9'/.". Lent by the artist. III. p. 33 . Music and Art, New York. Art Director, • c.s a» 25. S-Public Shelter./-¥~ ,,:.:J:<!,- xS'f r, Van Brunt Company, New York. (i960)Paint on metal,~:'. Collection Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Chermayeff, New York. III. p, 35. MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO. it '1~'6>26. Man with Yellow Pants. Italian, born1933 in Biella, Italy. Studied in Turin. 1964. Paper collage with oil color and pencil over Worked until 1957with his father as a restorer of stainless steel, 78Y. x 39'/. ", The Museum of Modern paintings. Has had group and one-man shows since Art, New York, Blanchette Rockefeller Fund, 1965. 1958, including a one-man show at Walker Art Center, III. p. 34. Minneapolis, 1966,and Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Recent Acquisitions," April 1966. £ ROBERTRAUSCHENBERG. (.t,J'.2 7 '/.7.B\ld. 754;(,3/ ¥X &.,;/ '" American, born 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas. Studied at (1955,lCombine with pillow and quilt,14 x 31 . Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1948-49, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Leo Castelli, and at Art Students League, New York, 1949-50. New York. III. p. 17. Has lived in New York since 1953. In Museum of . Modern Art's exhibition "Sixteen Americans," 1959. First prize, XXXII Biennale, Venice, 1964. LUCASSAMARAS. tl..I'.13 ~8. Untitled Sculpture. American, born 1936 in Kastoria, Greece. Studied at &962) Book with pins, knife, scissors, razor, foil, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, piece of glass, 5'/2 x 11% x 8Y.".