1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings

Mar 17–Apr 18, 1954

Cover for 1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue
Cover for 1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

Cover for 1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings catalogue

In the News

“If as yet much of the work seems incomplete, unclear, revolutionary (as with much of the extreme abstract painting) the sculpture of our time seems to denote a period of transition; and this the 1954 exhibition at the Whitney certainly bears out.” —The New York Times

“In all three fields—more in water-colors and drawings than in sculpture—the modern tendency toward mixed media is evident. It has become something of a puzzle, in fact, as to which field pieces should be assigned . . .” —The New York Times

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