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Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

March 30–May 8, 2012 | Braucher Gallery

Organized by the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, Our Treasures features 30 of the top artworks in the MMAA collection, chosen by the museum’s executive director Kristin Makholm. The exhibition includes works by such artists as Paul Manship, Robert Henri, Grant Wood, Louise Nevelson, George Morrison, Christo, and Wing Young Huie.

This exhibition is supported in part by the American Studies program at Carleton.

Mark Tobey ink drawing

Robert Henri - Modiste

Joan Mitchell - Strata

Mackenzie - Vase

Images, clockwise from left:

  • Mark Tobey (1890 –1976), Space Ritual #12, 1957
  • Robert Henri (1865 - 1929), Modiste of Madrid, 1906
  • Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), Strata, 1960
  • Warren Mackenzie (1924-), Vase, ca. 1959

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