Shaping a Collection: Five Decades of Gifts

Exhibition works

• 

  

  Andy Warhol, Untitled (Cyclist), c. 1976. Four gelatin silver prints stitched with thread, 27 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (69.6 × 54.9 cm) overall. Unique. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and purchase with funds from the Photography Committee  94.125

  © 2009 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958. Encaustic on canvas (three panels), 30 7/8 × 45 3/4 in. (78.4 × 116.2 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gilman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, Howard Lipman, and Ed Downe in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary 80.32. © 2021 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Claes Oldenburg, Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich), 1963. Vinyl, kapok fibers, painted wood, and wood, 32 × 39 × 29 in. (81.3 × 99.1 × 73.7cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President  2002.255a-s

• 

  

  James Rosenquist, Fahrenheit 1982 Degrees, 1982. Colored ink on frosted mylar, 33 1/8 × 71 1/2 in. (84.1 × 181.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Mr. and Mrs. M. Anthony Fisher Purchase Fund, and The Lauder Foundation—Drawing Fund  82.35

  Art © James Rosenquist / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

• 

  

  Edward Ruscha, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1962, from Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 4 15/16 × 5 1/16 in. (12.5 × 12.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation, and Diane and Thomas Tuft  2004.461

  © Ed Ruscha

• 

  

  Edward Ruscha, Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1962, from Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in. (11.9 × 11.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation, and Diane and Thomas Tuft  2004.467

• 

  

  Edward Ruscha, Texaco, Vega, Texas, 1962, from Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 4 11/16 × 5 in. (11.9 × 12.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation, and Diane and Thomas Tuft  2004.476

• 

  

  Edward Ruscha, Twentysix Gasoline Stations Slant, 1963. Graphite, colored pencil, pen, and ink on paper, 14 × 11 1/16 in. (35.6 × 28.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President  2005.44

  © Ed Ruscha

• 

  

  Andy Warhol, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962. Silkscreen ink, acrylic, and graphite on canvas, 82 3/4 × 57 1/8 in. (210.2 × 145.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 68.25. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Brice Marden, Bridge Study, 1991. Ink, wash, and gouache on paper, 26 × 34 3/8 in. (66 × 87.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Drawing Committee and The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation Inc.  92.27

  © 2009 Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Barnett Newman, The Promise, 1949. Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 × 68 1/8 in. (130.8 × 173 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Adriana and Robert Mnuchin  2000.338

  © 2009 Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Jackson Pollock, Number 18, 1951, 1951. Enamel on canvas, 59 1/4 × 55 7/8 in. (150.5 × 141.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President  2002.258

  © 2009 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting, 1960-66 (Installation view, Whitney Museum of American Art). Oil on linen, 60 x 60 1/8 in. (152.4 x 152.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund 98.16.3. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

• 

  

  Mark Rothko, Four Darks in Red, 1958. Oil on canvas, 102 × 116 in. (259.1 × 294.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Schwartz, Mrs. Samuel A. Seaver, and Charles Simon  68.9. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hollywood Africans, 1983. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 84 1/16 x 84 in. (213.5 x 213.4 cm). Gift of Douglas S. Cramer 84.23. © 2015 The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ ADAGP, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

• 

  

  Keith Haring, Untitled, 1981. Vinyl ink on vinyl tarpaulin, 73 3/16 × 71 7/8 in. (185.9 × 182.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Lannan Foundation  97.89.2

  © Keith Haring Foundation

• 

  

  Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1958. Solvent transfer, graphite, collage, watercolor, gouache, and oil pastel on paper, 24 1/4 × 36 1/8 in. (61.6 × 91.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Friedman  72.2

  © Robert Rauschenberg / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

• 

  

  Robert Rauschenberg, Blue Eagle, 1961. Mixed media, 84 × 60 × 5 in. (213.4 × 152.4 × 12.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President  2002.259a-d

  © Robert Rauschenberg / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

• 

  

  Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, c. 1951. Oil and newspaper on four canvas panels, 87 × 171 in. (221 × 434.3 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President  2002.260  

  © Robert Rauschenberg / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

• 

  

  Pat Steir, September Evening Waterfall, 1991. Oil on canvas, 114 × 102 3/4 in. (289.6 × 261 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor  2001.322  

  © Pat Steir

• 

  

  Bob Thompson, Triumph of Bacchus, 1964. Oil on canvas, 60 1/4 × 72 1/8 in. (153 × 183.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund 98.19. © Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY