Second Biennial Exhibition: Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 13, 1936

Catalogue cover for Second Biennial Exhibition Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints
Catalogue cover for Second Biennial Exhibition Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Catalogue cover for Second Biennial Exhibition Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

View the full exhibition catalogue at the Internet Archive.


Press Highlights

“. . . the exhibition as a whole is very much, and very gratifyingly, alive.” —The New York Times

“. . . a show that proves interesting and extremely varied throughout.” —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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