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Pieces You Have to See at the Whitney
The Whitney Museum of American Art has long been a leading institution for modern and contemporary American art. Its permanent collection showcases major artists including Jasper Johns, Peter Hujar and Louise Bourgeois, with rotating exhibitions often focused on sociopolitical and economic themes. Read on for a selection of the Meatpacking District museum’s must-see works.
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Cape Cod Sunset (1934), Edward Hopper
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Music, Pink and Blue No. 2 (1918), Georgia O’Keeffe
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Three Flags (1958), Jasper Johns
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Humpty Dumpty (1946), Isamu Noguchi
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Four Darks in Red (1958), by Mark Rothko
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Painting, Number 5 (1914–15), by Marsden Hartley