Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
30 documented works
Armand-Albert Rateau
Hand Mirror
ca. 1925
Bronze, ivory, mirror glass
12 1/2 × 5 1/2 in., 1.1 lb. (31.8 × 14 cm, 0.5 kg)
View at museumArthur Dove
Portrait of Ralph Dusenberry
1924
Oil, folding wooden rulers, wood, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on canvas
22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
View at museumFlorine Stettheimer
The Cathedrals of Art
1942
Oil on canvas
60 1/4 × 50 1/4 in. (153 × 127.6 cm)
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Amedeo Modigliani
The Italian Woman
ca. 1918–19
Oil on canvas
40 3/8 × 26 3/8 in. (102.6 × 67 cm)
View at museumJohn Graham
Celia
ca. 1944
Oil, casein, charcoal, chalk, graphite, and ink on Masonite
48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)
View at museumElie Nadelman
Standing Figure
ca. 1935–46
Plaster, iron alloy armature
9 × 3 3/8 × 1 3/4 in., 0.3 lb. (22.9 × 8.6 × 4.4 cm, 0.1 kg)
View at museumElie Nadelman
Figure
ca.1935–46
Plaster
10 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 3 in., 1 lb. (26 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm, 0.5 kg)
View at museumElie Nadelman
Figure
ca. 1935–46
Plaster
8 3/4 × 3 5/8 × 2 1/2 in., 0.6 lb. (22.2 × 9.2 × 6.4 cm, 0.3 kg)
View at museumElie Nadelman
Standing Figure
ca. 1935–46
Plaster, iron alloy armature
12 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in., 1.4 lb. (31.8 × 14 × 8.3 cm, 0.6 kg)
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Otto Dix
The Businessman Max Roesberg, Dresden
1922
Oil on canvas
37 1/8 × 25 1/8 in. (94.3 × 63.8 cm)
View at museumJean Dubuffet
Jean Paulhan
1946
Acrylic and oil on Masonite
42 7/8 × 34 5/8 in. (108.9 × 87.9 cm)
View at museumHenri Matisse
Laurette in a Green Robe, Black Background
1916
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 × 21 1/4 in. (73 × 54 cm)
View at museumIsamu Noguchi
"Radio Nurse"
1937
Bakelite, cellulose acetate
8 × 6 1/2 × 6 in., 5.2 lb. (20.3 × 16.5 × 15.2 cm, 2.4 kg)
View at museumJoan Miró
Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams
1925
Oil on canvas
38 × 51 in. (96.5 × 129.5 cm)
View at museumJean Arp
Torso, Navel, Mustache-Flower
1930
Oil on wood relief
31 1/2 × 39 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (80 × 100 × 3.8 cm)
View at museumFidelma Cadmus Kirstein
Lincoln Kirstein
1941
Egg tempera on panel
11 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (30.2 × 23.8 cm)
View at museumNjideka Akunyili Crosby
Mother and Child
2016
Acrylic, transfer printing, colored pencil, cut and pasted paper, and printed fabric on paper
95 3/4 in. × 10 ft. 4 1/4 in. (243.2 × 315.6 cm)
View at museumAbdel Hadi El-Gazzar
An Ear of Mud, An Ear of Paste
1951
Oil on paperboard
38 9/16 × 26 3/4 in. (98 × 68 cm)
View at museumAxel Salto
Vase
ca. 1945
Stoneware
17 1/4 × 12 × 11 7/8 in. (43.8 × 30.5 × 30.2 cm) Weight: 35.9 lb. (16284.133g)
View at museumArchibald J. Motley, Jr.
Uncle Bob
1928
Oil on canvas
40 1/4 in. × 36 in. (102.2 × 91.4 cm)
View at museumWoody De Othello
Tools
2022
Bronze, glazed ceramic and wood
61 × 32 1/2 × 48 in. (154.9 × 82.6 × 121.9 cm) Weight: 970 lb. (440 kg)
View at museumDaniel Boyd
Untitled (HBOAIAZ)
2023
Oil, charcoal and archival glue on canvas
55 1/4 × 43 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (140.3 × 110.5 × 2.9 cm)
View at museumLois Dodd
Attic Staircase with Sunlight
1987–88
Oil on linen
60 × 38 in. (152.4 × 96.5 cm)
View at museumAliza Nisenbaum
Shin-Myong, Someday in Spring, Dress Rehearsal
2022
Oil on linen
75 1/8 in. × 15 ft. 10 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in. (190.8 × 483.9 × 3.8 cm) Each: 75 1/8 × 95 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (190.8 × 241.9 × 3.8 cm)
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