The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections 1940

< 1983

Museum exhibition

The First Show
Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections 1940 - 1980

The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections 1940 – 1989 / exhibition catalogue, 1984

Richard Diebenkorn /
Ocean Park No. 37, 1971 /
Oil on canvas /
50 x 50 in (127 x 127 cm) /
Collection of Robert A. Rowan

Charles Garabedian /
Ruin V, 1981 /
Acrylic on canvas /
72 x 72 in (182.9 x 182.9 cm) /
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA /
Gift of Robert A. Rowan

Edward Kienholz /
The Friendly Grey Computer Star Gauge Model 54, 1965 /
Motorized construction on aluminum sheet /
48 1/8 x 36 in (122.24 x 91.44 cm) /
Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY /
Gift of Howard and Jean Lipman

Ed Moses /
Cubist Painting #1, 1975 - 76 /
Acrylic on canvas /
78 x 66 in (198.1 x 167.6 cm) /
Collection of the Weisman Family – Frederick R. Weisman

William Wiley /
Village Green, 1974 /
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas /
88 1/2 x 77 1/2 in (224.79 x 196.85 cm) /
Collection of Robert A. Rowan

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA
20 Nov 1983 - 19 Feb 1984

Included Richard Diebenkorn, Charles Garabedian, Edward Kienholz, Ed Moses, William T. Wiley

Inaugural exhibition from the private collections of Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza, Dominique de Menil, Drs. Peter and Irene Ludwig, Charles and Doris Saatchi, Howard and Jean Lipman, the Weisman Family Collection, the Robert A. Rowan collection and the Mrs. Taft Schreiber collection