Contemporary art. Norton Museum of Art - West Palm Beach Florida

The Museum has an increasingly significant collection of contemporary art that includes works by artists such as Duane Hanson, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, Alfredo Jaar, Ilya Kabakov, Richard Long, Claes Oldenburg, Beverly Pepper. Larry Rivers, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Nancy Spero, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol.

In 2002, the gift from Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brownstone of 52 mainly Minimalist paintings, sculptures, and drawings profoundly amplified the representation of that important movement in late twentieth-century art. Included in the gift were outstanding examples of both European and American artists such as Josef Albers, John Michael Armleder, Larry Bell, Lucio Fontana, Michael Heizer, Gottfried Honegger, Imi Knoebel, Sol LeWitt, Allan MacCollum, John McCracken, Olivier Mosset, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Gerhard Richter, and Edward Ruscha.

DUANE HANSON
American, 1925 - 1996
Young Worker, 1976
Polyester resin and fiberglass, polychromed in oil, 65 in. (165.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph Rosenberg, 81.3
© Estate of Duane Hanson/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

LUCIO FONTANA
Italian, born Argentina, 1899 - 1968
Spatial Concept - Ellipse, 1967
Lacquer on wood, 68 1/8 x 28 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (173 x 71.4 x 7.9 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brownstone, 2003.
49 Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan

ANSELM KIEFER
German, born 1945
Isaiah: Grass Will Grow Over Your Cities, 1999 (Jesaia: uber euren Stadten wird Gras wachsen)
Photo collage, sand, ash, acrylic, on handmade paper bound with linen, 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (59.1 x 45.1 x 3.8 cm)
Gift of Georgene and Hamish Maxwell, 2002.47
© Anselm Kiefer

RICHARD LONG
British, born 1945
Mohawk, 2002
White marble and Mexican river rock, 400 x 202 x 11 in. (1016 x 513.1 x 27.9 cm).
Purchased with funds provided through the generosity of the Contemporary and Modern Art Council and the R.H. Norton Trust through the exchange of Trust property, 2004.11
© Richard Long

JOSÉ BEDIA
Cuban, born 1959
Si se pudiera (If Only I Could), 1993
Acrylic on canvas, 63 x 78 in. (160.0 x 198.1 cm)
Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust, 95.15
© José Bedia

VIOLA FREY
American, 1933-2004
Weeping Woman, 1990-91
Glazed ceramic, 76 x 58 x 80 in. (193.0 x 147.3 x 203.2 cm)
Purchase, the Rose L. Kraft Fund, 92.2
© Viola Frey, Courtesy Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York

FAITH RINGGOLD
American, born 1930
The French Collection Part II, #12 Moroccan Holiday, 1997
Acrylic on canvas, printed on tie-dyed fabric, 743/4 x 92 in. (189.9 x 233.7 cm) Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust, 98.765
Faith Ringgold © 1977

CLAES OLDENBURG
Swedish, born 1929
Soft Screw, 1976
Elastomeric urethane, mahogany base, 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Q. Fiterman, 79.38
© Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

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