On my last day in New York, I finally got to the Museum of Modern Art. I never miss a visit to MOMA. I was especially eager to see the huge Willem de Kooning retrospective, and it did not disappoint. The number of canvases and drawings was just astounding--from early students drawings and paintings to works he created in old age. I was especially knocked out by his 50's post "Women Series" paintings, where he took his abstraction to a new level. Those paintings are just gorgeous and kinetic.
Since it was such a warm day, I spent my last half hour in the sculpture garden.
One of my favorite Joan Miro sculptures - Moonbird
Pablo Picasso's She Goat
Auguste Rodin (you know, The Thinker guy) - Monument to Balzac
Alberto Giacometti - Standing Woman
Max Ernst - The King Playing with the Queen
Katharina Fritsch. Figurengruppe (Group of Figures). I think this
is new--at any rate I didn't remember it.
Henry Moore - Family Group
Yoko Ono's Wish Tree (with contributions by many others)
Auguste Rodin again - Saint John the Baptist Preaching
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