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John Marin (1870–1953) From the Bridge, N.Y.C, 1933 Opaque and transparent watercolor with charcoal and collage on thick wove paper © Estate of John Marin/ Artist Rights Society (ARS) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1948.479

American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Amon Carter Museum / February 27 - May 30, 2010 / Fort Worth, Texas

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The finest watercolors, pastels and drawings by leading avant-garde American artists of the early 20th century will be on view this February. These rarely seen artworks from America’s oldest public art museum will travel to the Carter in the exhibition American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Artists represented include Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Andrew Wyeth. This exhibition was organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Conn., and made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Local support is provided by the Leo Potishman Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Trustee, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Promotional support is provided by Star-Telegram, WFAA and American Airlines.

Amon Carter Museum
Fort Worth, Texas