Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006

A collage of stylized objects including a cocktail glass, cigars, currency, and a lemon slice on a geometric background.
A collage of stylized objects including a cocktail glass, cigars, currency, and a lemon slice on a geometric background.

Gerald Murphy, Cocktail, 1927. Oil and pencil on linen, overall: 29 1/16 × 29 15/16 in. (73.8 × 76 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Evelyn and Leonard A. Lauder, Thomas H. Lee and the Modern Painting and Sculpture Committee 95.188. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century was curated by Barbara Haskell.

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