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Romare Bearden

Paul Shambroom, Dassel City Council, Dassel, Minnesota (population 1,134), (L to R): Nancy Nichalson, Ava Flachmeyer (Mayor), Jan Casey, Sherlyn Bjork (Deputy Clerk) , from the Meetings Series, 1999, archival pigmented inkjet on canvas with varnish, 33 x 66 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.0

Paul Shambroom

Rob and Christian Clayton, Tim House (In Green Pastures), from the series Tim House, 2001, mixed media on wood panel with electrical and sound. 129 ¼ x 60 ¼ x 71 ½ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art0

Clayton Brothers

George Segal, Depression Bread Line , 1991, bronze, 108 x 148 x 36 inches. Collection Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. © The George and Helen Segal Foundation/licensed by VAGA, New York. Gift of The George and Helen Segal Foundation with funds for casting provided by Bill and Jan DeAtley, James and Sylvia Vaccaro, a major grant from the Madison Community Foundation, Jim and Cathie Burgess, the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, the Overture Foundation, and Tom and Martha Carter0

George Segal

Gladys Nilsson, Some Other Tree, 2001. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 40 x 25 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Gladys Nilsson

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Jane Hammond

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Neil Welliver, Prospect Stream , 1974, oil on canvas, 96 x 96 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase through the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert © 1974 Neil Welliver.0

Neil Welliver

Andy Warhol, Birmingham Race Riot , 1964, screenprint, 30⅛ x 40 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation. © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Andy Warhol

Rufino Tamayo, Demi poisson/Halved Fish , 1969. Lithograph, 22 ½ x 30 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchased through funds from the Brittingham Foundation and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolz. Art © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.0

Rufino Tamayo

Joan Snyder, Requiem/Let Them Rest , 1997-98. Etching, lithograph, and woodcut. 26 x 20¼”. Printed by Jungle Press, New York City. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection.0

Joan Snyder

Hollis Sigler, I Thought I Was In Paradise , 1995, oil on canvas with painted frame, 32 x 36 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the artist.0

Hollis Sigler

Frances Myers, A One Act Play , 1984. Aquatint with hand-coloring, collage, and monoprint. 30½ x 35½ inches. Lent by Warrington Colescott0

Frances Myers

Roy Lichtenstein, Foot and Hand , 1964. Offset lithograph. 16 5⁄8 x 21 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Roger R. Smith. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.0

Roy Lichtenstein

Kenneth Josephson, New York State , 1970, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art0

Kenneth Josephson

Todd Hido, Untitled #2154-A from the series House Hunting, 1998. Chromogenic print, 24 x 20 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.0

Todd Hido

Sam Francis, Untitled Mandala , 1975. Acrylic, 36 1/2 x 37 inches. Collection of Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic F. Renfert. 75.12.2 © 2005 Samuel L. Francis Foundation, California/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Sam Francis

Sam Gilliam, Irish Spring Here , 1980. Acrylic and rhoplex on canvas. 80 x 195 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Don and Nancy Eiler.0

Sam Gilliam

Robert Barnes, Ragno’s Place , 1981. Pastel, 14 x 23 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through National Endowment for the Arts grant with matching funds from Mr. and Mrs. Julian Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert. Image courtesy of the artist. © Robert Barnes, 2014.0

Robert Barnes

Erik Weisenburger, Ursa Memoriam , 1998. Oil on panel, 33¾ x 23 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through Rudolph and Louise Langer Fund.0

Erik Weisenburger

Alec Soth, Cemetery, Fountain City, WI , 2002, from Sleeping by the Mississippi, 2002 dye-coupler print, 32 x 40 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.0

Alec Soth

J. Shimon & J. Lindemann, Trish and Matt Downtown, Manitowoc, Wisconsin , 1995. Gelatin silver print, 34 x 27 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through funds from the Brittingham Foundation. © J. Shimon & J. Lindemann.0

J. Shimon & J. Lindemann

Ellen Lanyon, Chromos: Winter I , 1982, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 192 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift from the estate of Ellen Lanyon.0

Ellen Lanyon

Jin Soo Kim, untitled , C.H.F., c.1985-1990. Steel, paper, chicken wire, dirt, and acrylic, 33½ x 25½ x 25½ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago.0

Jin Soo Kim

Roger Brown, Forest Fire, 1976. Oil on canvas, 52 x 72 in. Promised gift of Mark and Judy Bednar.0

Roger Brown

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Ray Yoshida

Sonya Y. Clark, Triad, 1998.

Sonya Y. Clark

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Toby Buonagurio

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Nancy Mladenoff

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Warrington Colescott

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Duane Brissette

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David Bigelow

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Red Grooms

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Juan Sánchez

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Tom Uttech

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John Colt

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Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero

Carl Corey, 3641 – Tom and Dino Christ – Nick's Restaurant – Madison, WI from the portfolio For Love and Money, 2011. Archival pigment print, 32 x 32 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Anonymous gift.0

Carl Corey

Rufino Tamayo, Demi poisson, 1969. Lithograph, 22 1/2 x 30 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchased through funds from the Brittingham Foundation and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolz.0

Rufino Tamayo

David Alfaro Siqueiros, Retrato de Moisés Sáenz/Portrait of Moisés Sáenz, 1931. Lithograph, 24 x 20 1/4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer.0

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Diego Rivera, El sueño (La noche de los pobres)/Sleep (The night of the poor), 1932. Lithograph, 22 5/8 x 15 7/8 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer.0

Diego Rivera

José Clemente Orozco, La retagardia/The rear guard, 1929. Lithograph, 16 7/8 x 22 3/4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer0

José Orozco

Leopoldo Méndez, Pequeña maestro, ¡qué inmensa es su voluntad!/Little school teacher, how great is your will! from the portfolio Río Escondido, 1948. Linocut, 15 7/8 x 20 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Rudolph and Louise Langer.0

Leopoldo Méndez

Sam Gilliam, Carousel, 1970, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 10 x 67 feet. Purchase through funds from the Brittingham Foundation and an anonymous donor. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. © Sam Gilliam.0

Sam Gilliam

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Retrato de lo eterno/Portrait of the eternal, 1977. Gelatin silver print, 9 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Sam Faber. © Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, SC.0

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Janet Fish, Sasha with a Bowl of Candy, 1988. Pastel, 30 x 44 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, in honor of Janet Ela, through funds contributed by the Art League and other friends.0

Janet Fish

Martin Kersels, Tossing a Friend (Melinda) (1, 2, and 3), 1996. C-prints on Fujiflex, 33 x 45 1/2 inches each. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase.0

Martin Kersels

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Alex Katz

Lorie Novak, Self-Portrait (Ellis Island), 1988. Cibachrome print, 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Karen Novak and Daniel Dickson.0

Lorie Novak

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #30, 1979. Gelatin silver print, 7 x 9 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchased through funds from the National Endowment for the Arts grant.0

Cindy Sherman

Romare Bearden, Odysseus Leaves Nausicaa from the Odysseus Suite, 1979. Screenprint, 21 ¾ x 29 ¾ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Richard E. Brock.0

Romare Bearden

Robert Lostutter, Trader of Green, 1998. Watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper, 26 3/8 x 29 1/4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Robert Lostutter

Karl Wirsum, Measle Mouse Quarantined From His Fans, 1980. Acrylic on wood, 24 1/8 x 15 x 4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Karl Wirsum

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Roger Brown

Frida Kahlo, Pitahayas, 1938. Oil on aluminum, 10 x 14 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer. © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Frida Kahlo

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Philip Hanson

Art Green, Regulatory Body, 1974. Oil on canvas, 75 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Art Green

Ed Flood, Aluminum Floater #2, 1974. Acrylic on Plexiglas with aluminum frame, 31 7/8 x 24 5/8 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Edward Flood

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James Falconer

Sarah Canright, Shadow, 1969. Oil on canvas with artist's painted frame, 33 3/8 x 27 1/4 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Sarah Canright

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Suellen Rocca

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Christina Ramberg

Ray Yoshida, AAIEEE!, 1996. Collage on paper, 14 x 22 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Ray Yoshida

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Barbara Rossi

Ed Paschke, La Chanteuse, 1981. Oil on linen, 25 7/8 x 48 inches. Collection of Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through the Rudolph and Louise Langer Fund.0

Ed Paschke

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Jim Nutt

Teaching pages provide analysis of a selection of works of art on view at the museum, biographical information on featured artists, discussion questions, and links to additional resources. Teaching pages are prepared by MMoCA’s education department as an introduction to a museum visit by school groups.

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