1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 17, 1939

Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints catalogue
Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints catalogue

Cover for 1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints catalogue

View the full exhibition catalogue at the Internet Archive.


Press Highlights

“Many of our better talents are here represented.” —The New York Times

“. . . a certain tameness in the aggregate makes this an exhibition of no great dynamic power, despite the strength of some of the individual figures.” —The New York Times


The Whitney Museum in NYC with the One World Trade Center in the background, viewed from a riverside walkway on a sunny day.
The Whitney Museum in NYC with the One World Trade Center in the background, viewed from a riverside walkway on a sunny day.

Photgraph by Max Touhey

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