Number 540
1954 · Cut-and-pasted paper, colored paper, and cloth on paper
7 x 17 1/2" (18 x 44.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Anne Ryan
American, 1889–1954
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52
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91
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Naked/Nude
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Anne Ryan: The Intimate Collages
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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American Collages
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Anne Ryan was an American artist who worked primarily in collage and printmaking during the mid-20th century. She created small-scale collages using torn paper, fabric, and found materials, developing a distinctive abstract formal language from humble everyday objects. Her work anticipated later developments in assemblage and material-based abstraction. Ryan maintained a studio practice in New York until her death in 1954.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
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