Editing Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (section)

=== Other notable works ===
Under Sweeney's tenure, in the 1950s, the Guggenheim acquired Brâncuși's ''Adam and Eve'' (1921)<ref name="Calnek" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=June 18, 2004 |title=Art Review; Cool Warmth, Buoyant Stone, Majestic Wood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/arts/art-review-cool-warmth-buoyant-stone-majestic-wood.html |access-date=December 16, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and works by other modernist sculptors such as [[Joseph Csaky]], [[Jean Arp]], Calder, [[Alberto Giacometti]] and [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]].<ref name=Calnek/><ref name="NYT 1958 d716">{{cite news |last=Devree |first=Howard |date=May 18, 1958 |title=Modern Masters; Museum Acquisitions -Utrillo's Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/18/archives/modern-masters-museum-acquisitions-utrillos-family.html |access-date=December 16, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Sweeney reached beyond the 20th century to acquire [[Paul Cézanne]]'s ''Man with Crossed Arms'' ({{circa|1899}})<ref name=Calnek/> and works by [[David Hayes (sculptor)|David Hayes]], [[Willem de Kooning]] and [[Jackson Pollock]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001061622/http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/global_gugg/global_gugg_bottom_index.html ''The Global Guggenheim''], The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Publications. Retrieved March 8, 2012.</ref> The museum also acquired works by such artists as [[Aristide Maillol]], [[Jean Messagier]], [[Fritz Hundertwasser]] and [[Eduardo Paolozzi]], several Giacometti drawings and sculptures, a cubist drawing by Picasso and some [[Henri-Georges Adam]] engravings.<ref name="NYT 1958 d716" /> In the 1960s, among Messer's acquisitions were [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]]'s triptych ''[[Three Studies for a Crucifixion]]'' and [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]]'s sculpture ''[[Cubi|Cubi XXVII]]''.{{sfn|Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|1993|p=20}} and pieces by Brâncuși, Calder, Giacometti, Klee, Léger, [[Joan Miró]], [[Egon Schiele]] and [[František Kupka]].{{sfn|Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|1993|p=20}}

Originally, the Guggenheim Museum's collection did not include any [[figurative art]] because of the museum's focus on "non-objective painting",<ref name="Russell e133">{{cite web|first=John|last=Russell | title=The Guggenheim Collection Celebrates Itself and Its Art | website=The New York Times | date=November 13, 1987 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/13/arts/the-guggenheim-collection-celebrates-itself-and-its-art.html | access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref> but it later expanded to include a range of figurative pieces, such as a portrait of art critic [[Felix Feneon]] by [[Édouard Vuillard]],<ref name="Russell e133"/><ref name=n162062245>{{Cite news |last=Kramer |first=Hilton |date=1971-06-20 |title=Collections Impose Identity|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-collections-impose-ide/162062245/|access-date=2025-01-02|work=The Baltimore Sun|pages=54}}</ref> ''Three Studies for a Crucifixion'' and Miró's painting ''[[The Tilled Field]]''.<ref name="McGill w240" /><ref name="n162061782">{{Cite news |last=Halperen |first=Max |date=1992-09-06 |title=Uptown, downtown: a tale of two Guggenheims|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-uptown-downtown/162061782/|access-date=2025-01-02 |work=The News and Observer|pages=93}}</ref> Others include Picasso's ''[[Le Moulin de la Galette (Picasso)|Le Moulin de la Galette]]'',<ref>{{cite web | first=Jacqui |last=Palumbo | first2=Lianne |last2=Kolirin | title=Museum uncovers little dog hidden in early Picasso painting | website=CNN | date=May 16, 2023 | url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hidden-dog-picasso-scli-intl/index.html | access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> ''Mandolin and Guitar'', ''Woman With Yellow Hair'' and ''[[Woman Ironing]]'';<ref name="n1620673772"/> Julian Schnabel's ''[[The Student of Prague (painting)|The Student of Prague]]'';<ref>{{cite book | author=College Art Association of America | title=Art Journal | publisher=College Art Association of America. | series=Art Journal | issue=v. 50 | year=1960 | issn=0004-3249 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD5UAAAAMAAJ | access-date=January 3, 2025 }}</ref> [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s ''[[Grrrrrrrrrrr!!]]''<ref>{{cite book | title=ARTnews | publisher=ARTnews Associates | issue=v. 97, nos. 1-6 | year=1998 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l5UAAAAMAAJ | access-date=January 3, 2025 | page=72}}</ref> and Kandinsky's ''[[Composition VII|Study for Composition II]]'' and ''Blue Mountain''.<ref name="n1620673772">{{Cite news |last=Daxland |first=John |date=1980-08-01 |title=At Guggenheim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-at-guggenheimjohn-daxland/162067377/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=New York Daily News |pages=105}}</ref>
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Other figurative works include:
* Renoir ''[[Nature morte: fleurs]]'' - ''[[Woman with Parakeet (Renoir)|Woman with Parakeet]]''
* van Gogh ''[[Head of a Girl]]'' - ''[[Landscape with Snow]]''

Non-figurative:
* Delaunay ''[[Windows Open Simultaneously 1st Part, 3rd Motif]]''
* Rothko ''[[Untitled (Black on Grey)]]''
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