PACE GALLERY'S 50th

The Pace Gallery’s 50th anniversary is a big deal for good reason—founder Arne Glimcher has fostered and influenced some of the most important artists of two centuries. Paul Laster with an exclusive interview.

David Heald

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---picasso_lbgayv — Pablo Picasso oil on canvas 76-3/4" x 51-1/8" (194.9 cm x 129.9 cm) © 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
David Heald

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---reinhardt_ccb2q1 — Ad Reinhardt oil on canvas 80 x 50" (203.2 x 127 cm) © 2010 Estate of Ad Reinhardt/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Private collection
EllenPage Wilson / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---kooning_v2yp33 — Willem de Kooning oil on canvas 59" x 43" (149.9 cm x 109.2 cm) © 2010 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller.
Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---kelly_dhcfji — Ellsworth Kelly oil on canvas 21" x 22-1/4" (53.3 cm x 56.5 cm) © Ellsworth Kelly Private collection
Courtesy of Ellsworth Kelly

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---giacometti_g19nql — Alberto Giacometti bronze 47-1/2" x 13-1/2" x 6-7/8" (120.6 cm x 34.3 cm x 17.5 cm) © 2010 Succession Giacometti / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
David Heald

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---matisse_wdqeb9 — Henri Matisse bronze 28-3/8" x 20-3/8" x 12-3/8" (72.1 cm x 51.8 cm x 31.4 cm) © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
David Heald

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---dubufett_aehjci — Jean Dubuffet oil on canvas 45-1/4 x 34-3/4" © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne / Centre de création industrielle Purchase
Courtesy CNAC / MNAM/Dist. Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---wilson_bknopj — Fred Wilson Murano glass 80" x 48-3/4" x 10-1/2" (203.2 cm x 123.8 cm x 26.7 cm) © Fred Wilson, courtesy The Pace Gallery
Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---sugimoto_aobdm8 — Hiroshi Sugimoto gelatin silver print 36-7/8" x 29-1/2" (93.7 cm x 74.9 cm)
Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---sterling_is8ueh — Sterling Ruby spray paint on canvas 96" x 84" (243.8 cm x 213.4 cm) © Sterling Ruby, courtesy The Pace Gallery
Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy the artist

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---donovan_gl5rt8 — Tara Donovan straight pins 36" x 36" x 36" (91.4 cm x 91.4 cm x 91.4 cm) © Tara Donovan, courtesy The Pace Gallery Collection of the artist
Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---hawkinson_vcog9l — Tim Hawkinson feathers 52" x 77-1/2" x 31-1/2" (132.1 cm x 196.9 cm x 80 cm) © Tim Hawkinson, courtesy The Pace Gallery Kathy and Keith Sachs
Joshua White / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---xiaogang_vhdt5k — Zhang Xiaogang oil on canvas 43-1/4" x 51-1/8" (110 cm x 130 cm) Donald B. Marron/Lightyear Capital, New York © 2010 Zhang Xiaogang
Kerry Ryan McFate/ Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---calder_dbmwvw — Alexander Calder painted steel 81-1/4" x 65" x 43-1/2" (206.4 cm x 165.1 cm x 110.5 cm) © 2010 Calder Foundation, New York/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Private collection
Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---oldenberg_buexjc — Claes Oldenburg vinyl, kapok fibers, painted wood, and wood 32" x 39" x 29" (81.3 x 99.1 x 73.7 cm) © 1963 Claes Oldenburg Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President
Ellen Page Wilson / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---pollock_mwns9y — Jackson Pollock oil on canvas 61" x 53" (154.9 cm x 134.6 cm) © 2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Private collection
G.R. Christmas/ Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace_hfdtn6 — Jasper Johns encaustic on canvas 30-7/8" x 45-1/2" x 5" (78.4 cm x 115.6 cm x 12.7 cm) Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 50th Anniversary Gift of the Gliman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, and purchase
Geoffrey Celements, courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---rauschenberg_zt6aio — Robert Rauschenberg traces of ink and crayon on paper, mat, label and gilded frame 25-1/4 x 21-3/4 x 1/2" (64.1 x 55.2 x 1.3 cm) Art © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase through a gift of Phyllis Wattis
Paul Hester

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---lichtenstein_sjgsdi — Roy Lichtenstein oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas 60-1/4" x 30-1/4" (153 cm x 76.8 cm) © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein The Museum of Modern Art, New York: Gift of Philip Johnson.
çourtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---close_yuryf2 — Chuck Close oil on canvas 102" x 84" (259.1 cm x 213.4 cm) © Chuck Close, courtesy The Pace Gallery National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Lila Acheson Wallace
John Back / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---flavin_gslqfm — Dan Flavin pink, blue, green and yellow fluorescent light 96" x 96" x 9" (243.8 cm x 243.8 cm x 22.9 cm) © 2010 Stephen Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Private collection
Bill Jacobson / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---judd_powpoh — Donald Judd copper with purple plexiglass 9-7/8" x 39-3/8" x 30-1/2" (25.1 cm x 100 cm x 77.5 cm), ten units each 197-1/2" x 39-3/8" x 30-1/2" (501.7 cm x 100 cm x 77.5 cm), installed Art © Judd Foundation. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Ellen Page Wilson / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---murray_okb9us — Elizabeth Murray oil on canvas on wood 9' 2-1/2" x 10' 1" x 2-1/2" (280.7 cm x 307.3 cm x 6.4 cm) © The Murray-Holman Family Trust, courtesy The Pace Gallery
Ellen Labenski / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---smith_l7togi — Kiki Smith silicon bronze and glass 33 x 27-1/2 x 19" (83.8 x 69.9 x 48.3 cm) unique, number two in a series of three plus one unique AP © Kiki Smith, courtesy The Pace Gallery Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Contemporary Art Support Group Fund, the Bruce A. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Robert L. Beal Acquisition Fund, Barbara Fish Lee, and the Lorna and Robert M. Rosenberg Fund
Ellen Page Wilson / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

galleries/2010/09/14/pace-gallery-s-50th/50-years-pace---samaras_mlvzxo — Lucas Samaras mirrors on wood 96" x 96" x 120' (243.8 cm x 243.8 cm x 304.8 cm) Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr.
Lucas Samaras / Courtesy The Pace Gallery Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York.

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