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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.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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