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GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
New York - The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum holds
approximately 600 artworks that were given to the
museum by Solomon Guggenheim between 1937 (the
year of the formation of the foundation) and 1949, or
purchased by the foundation during those years. In 2007,
to formally honor Solomon’s legacy, and in celebration of
the 70th anniversary of the creation of the foundation,
the Guggenheim assigned a special credit line to these
works, designating them as part of the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Founding Collection.

Solomon’s Gift: The Founding Collection of the Guggenheim, 1937–49, Constantin Brancusi
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 13, 2007–January 9, Muse (La Muse), 1912 White marble, 17 3/4 x 9 x 6 3/4 inches (45 x 23 x
2008. Photo: David Heald 17 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2016 Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

NEW YORK
In 1939 The Museum of Non-Objective Painting
opened its rented quarters at 24 East 54th Street,
showcasing the collection of American and European
abstract and nonobjective artworks that Solomon R.
Guggenheim had begun assembling a decade before. In
the seventy years since, the collection of the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum - renamed in its founder’s
honor in 1952 and housed since 1959 in Frank Lloyd
Wright’s iconic building on Fifth Avenue - has grown
exponentially, expanding in both historical and stylistic
range and depth. The special collections listed below
represent several of the major historical additions
to the collection, but by no means encompass the Piet Mondrian
Summer, Dune in Zeeland (Zomer, Duin in Zeeland), ca.1910 Oil on canvas, 52
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s complete holdings.
3/4 x 76 3/4 in (134 x 195 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

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