New YorkIn theForties

George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers, 1913

Robert Henri, Dutch Joe, 1910

John Sloan, 6th Ave. Elevated at 3rd St, 1928

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942

Jacob Lawrence, Pool Parlor, 1942

Stuart Davis, Lucky Strike, 1924

Stuart Davis, Mellow Pad, 1945-51

Joseph Cornell, Great Horned Owl, 1942

Arshile Gorky, Self-Portrait with Mother, 1926-36

Arshile Gorky, The Liver is the Cock's Comb, 1944

Hans Hoffman, Fantasia, 1943

Willam de Kooning, Seated Woman, 1940

Willam de Kooning, Pink Angels, 1945

Franz Kline, Chief, 1950

David Smith, Construction with Fulcrum, 1936

Isamu Nogushi, Kouros, 1944

Jackson Pollock, Stenographic Figure, 1942

Jackson Pollock, Mural, 1943

Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance, 1947

The Irascibles, Photo by Nina Leen, 1950