MoMA Audio: Visual Descriptions
By MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art
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Podcast Description
MoMA Audio: Visual Descriptions offers extended visual descriptions of works in the Museum's collection for visitors with visual impairments and those seeking an in-depth looking experience. To view images of these artworks, please visit the Online Collection at moma.org/collection. MoMA Audio is available free of charge courtesy of Bloomberg.
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72 - Visual Descriptions: Henri Matisse. Dance (I). Paris, Boulevard des Invalides, early 1909 | Oil on canvas. 8' 6 1/2" x 12' 9 1/2" (259.7 x 390.1 cm). Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. © 2006 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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86 - Visual Descriptions: Joseph Beuys. Eurasian Siberian Symphony 1963. 1966 | Panel with chalk drawing, felt, fat, hare, and painted poles, 6' x 7' 6 3/4" x 20" (183 x 230 x 50 cm). Gift of Frederic Clay Bartlett (by exchange). © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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58 - Visual Descriptions: Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2. 1914 | Oil on canvas, 64 x 1/8 x 48 3/8" (162.6 x 122.7 cm). Nelson A. Rockefeller Fund (by exchange). © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris One of four panels shown Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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65 - Visual Descriptions: Jackson Pollock. One: Number 31, 1950. 1950 | Oil and enamel on unprimed canvas, 8' 10" x 17' 5 5/8" (269.5 x 530.8 cm). Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund (by exchange). © 2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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64 - Visual Descriptions: Alberto Giacometti. The Chariot. 1950 | Painted bronze on wooden base, 57 x 26 x 26 1/8" (144.8 x 65.8 x 66.2 cm), base 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/4" (24.8 x 11.5 x 23.5 cm). Purchase. © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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74 - Visual Descriptions: Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950–51 | Oil on canvas, 7' 11 3/8" x 17' 9 1/4" (242.2 x 541.7 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller. © 2006 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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63 - Visual Descriptions: Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 | Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm). Given anonymously. © 2005 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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81 - Visual Descriptions: Alberto Giacometti. The Palace at 4 A.M. 1932 | Wood, glass, wire, and string, 25 x 28 1/4 x 15 3/4" (63.5 x 71.8 x 40 cm). Purchase. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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73 - Visual Descriptions: Giorgio De Chirico. Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure). 1914 | Oil on canvas, 55 1/8" x 6' 5/8" (140 x 184.5 cm). Gift of James Thrall Soby. © 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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70 - Visual Descriptions: Barnett Newman. Broken Obelisk. 1963–69 | Cor-Ten steel, 24' 10" x 10' 11" x 10' 11" (749.9 x 318.8 x 318.8 cm). Given anonymously. © 2006 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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69 - Visual Descriptions: Claude Monet. Water Lilies c. 1920 | Oil on canvas, three panels Each 6' 6 3/4" x 13' 11 1/4" (200 x 424.8 cm) overall 6' 6 3/4" x 41' 10 3/8" (200 x 1276 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris One of three panels shown. Please refer to the online collection to view the complete set. Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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62 - Visual Descriptions: Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942-43 | Oil on canvas, 50 x 50" (127 x 127 cm). Given anonymously Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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61 - Visual Descriptions: Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1951 | Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 x 25 x 16 1/2" (129.5 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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60 - Visual Descriptions: Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921 | Oil on canvas, 6' 7" x 7' 3 3/4" (200.7 x 222.9 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2005 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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59 - Visual Descriptions: Henri Matisse. Red Studio. 1911 | Oil on canvas, 71 1/4" x 7' 2 1/4" (181 x 219.1 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2005 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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57 - Visual Descriptions: Umberto Boccioni. Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. 1913 | Bronze, 43 7/8 x 34 7/8 x 15 3/4" (111.2 x 88.5 x 40 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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56 - Visual Descriptions: Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. 1907 | Oil on canvas, 8' x 7' 8" (243.9 x 233.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2005 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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55 - Visual Descriptions: Paul Cézanne. The Bather. c. 1885 | Oil on canvas, 50 x 38 1/8" (127 x 96.8 cm). Lillie P. Bliss Collection Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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51 - Introduction to Visual Descriptions | Visual Descriptions Audio Audio courtesy of Acoustiguide | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 19 Episodes |
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