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Installation view, Edward Kienholz's The Illegal Operation, 1962, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, partial gift of Betty and Monte Factor and purchased with funds provided by the Art Museum Council, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, Dallas Price-Van Breda and Bob Van Breda, the Robert H. Halff Fund, David G. Booth and Suzanne Deal Booth, Virginia Dwan, Elaine and Bram Goldsmith, The Grinstein Family, Ric and Suzanne Kayne, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Mrs. Harry Lenart, The Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, Philippa Calnan and Laura Lee Woods, © Kienholz; and Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.027, Hanging Six Open Hyperbola Forms that Penetrate Each Other, with a Half-Hyperbola at the Top), 1954, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of an anonymous donor and the 2018 Collectors Committee with additional funds from The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, © Estate of Ruth Asawa

New Works on View in the Modern Art Galleries

June 27, 2018
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Recently, several new works by women from LACMA's permanent collection were installed in the Modern Art galleries in the Ahmanson Building, Level 2.

In the California art galleries, Ruth Asawa's magnificent Untitled (S.027, Hanging Six Open Hyperbola Forms that Penetrate Each Other, with a Half-Hyperbola at the Top) (1954), a recent acquisition during the 2018 Collectors Committee weekend, is now installed next to a masterpiece by Ed Kienholz, The Illegal Operation (1962).


Installation view, from left to right: Betye Saar, I'll Bend But I Will Not Break, 1998, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Lynda and Stewart Resnick through the 2018 Collectors Committee, © Betye Saar, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; Alison Saar, Breach, 2016, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds from an anonymous donor, © Alison Saar; and Robert Gober, Single Basin Sink, 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Robert H. Halff, © Robert Gober

Nearby are Betye Saar's searing I'll Bend But I Will Not Break (1998), also a recent acquisition from the 2018 Collectors Committee, and Alison Saar's Breach (2016).

These snapshots (taken on a phone) don't do these amazing works justice; be sure to check them out in person the next time you're at LACMA!

On view in the Modern Art galleries, Ahmanson Building, Level 2.

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