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20/21 Gallery – Collection

20/21 | Collection | Conversation | Process

The Spencer’s collection includes more than 10,000 objects from the 20th and 21st centuries. On the west, north, and east walls of the gallery we have assembled a selection of these holdings. Just as the collection grows and changes as we acquire, lend, and conserve different objects, so too will this installation change over time. Please consider this a living archive, here for your investigation, contemplation, imagination, and stimulation.

You will find the Guide to the 20/21 Collection in the binders placed throughout the gallery.

Selected Works on View in the 20/21 Gallery
detail: bowl by Miyagawa Kozan detail: 1, 2, 3 Outside by James Rosenquist detail: Abiquiu by Carol Haerer detail: Der Blutende (Bleeding Man) by Max Oppenheimer detail: Landscape with Four Trees by Birger Sandzén detail: July by Fairfield Porter detail: Winter by Albert Bloch detail: Dinner Conversation with Nancy by Roger Shimomura detail: Violet Persian Set with Red Lip Wraps by Dale Chihuly
detail: Howl by Luis Jiménez detail: My Brother and I by Robert W. Ebendorf detail: Costume design for Diaghelev ballet by Léon Bakst detail: Steel Wool Peignoir by Mimi Smith detail: Sanctuary for the Deacon's Sons by Renée Stout detail: From Lemasany Hill by Robert Sudlow detail: Castle 02 by Wendell Castle detail: Dinosaur (5) by Lino Tagliapietra detail: Metamorphoses by Wenda Gu