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The Guggenheim Turns 50

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s modern masterpiece, the museum is highlighting works chosen by its first curator, James Sweeney, who famously battled Wright over the building’s design.

Published Jun. 9 2009 2:20PM EDT

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-11_tgca5t — © 2009 The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-11_w9uegg — Ink and pencil on tracing paper
20 x 24 inches
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
FLLW FDN # 4305.745
© 2009 The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-2_bocas8 — Oil, enamel, and charcoal on canvas
79 1/8 x 69 1/8 inches (201 x 175.6 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
55.1419

© 2009 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-10_jv13h0 — Oil on canvas
78 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches (200 x 75 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
54.1363
© 2009 Karel Appel Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Beeldrecht, Amsterdam

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-3_vsrl29 — Great Painting (Gran pintura), 1958
Oil with sand on canvas
78 1/2 x 103 inches (199.3 x 261.6 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
59.1551
© 2009 Fundació Antoni Tà pies/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VEGAP, Madrid

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-7_ibimze — Iron
38 3/4 inches (98.4 cm) high
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
58.1504
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-9_r9fxng — Oil on canvas
57 3/4 x 90 1/8 inches (146.7 x 229 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
54.1408
© 2009 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-4_ytoiwh — © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-8_bk7moc — Photo: Robert E. Mates.
© The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-5_fksyhs — James Johnson Sweeney at the inaugural opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1959
© The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-1_ws1zlr — © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

galleries/2009/06/09/the-guggenheim-turns-50/guggenheim-6_xp3nwu — © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

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