This location will focus on The Pace Gallery’s enduring relationship with Pop art and Abstract Expressionism, including representative works from seminal exhibitions such as Stock up for the Holidays: A Survey of Pop Art, 1962; First International Girlie Exhibit, 1965; and Beyond Realism, 1965. Highlighted works include Robert Rauschenberg’s Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953 (SFMoMA); Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych, 1962 (Tate Modern); Ad Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting, 1960-66 (Guggenheim); Roy Lichtenstein’s Girl With Ball, 1961 (Mo... Read more

This location will focus on The Pace Gallery’s enduring relationship with Pop art and Abstract Expressionism, including representative works from seminal exhibitions such as Stock up for the Holidays: A Survey of Pop Art, 1962; First International Girlie Exhibit, 1965; and Beyond Realism, 1965. Highlighted works include Robert Rauschenberg’s Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953 (SFMoMA); Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych, 1962 (Tate Modern); Ad Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting, 1960-66 (Guggenheim); Roy Lichtenstein’s Girl With Ball, 1961 (MoMA, New York); Clyfford Still’s PH-967, 1956 (Whitney); and sculptures from the late 50s to early 70s by Jean Dubuffet, John Chamberlain, David Smith, Louise Nevelson, and Claes Oldenburg, including Oldenburg’s Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich), 1963 (Whitney). Jasper Johns’ Three Flags, 1958, which revolutionized the contemporary art market when it broke the record for the highest amount ever paid for the work of a living artist (the Whitney Museum of American Art acquired the work through Pace for $1 million in 1980), will also be on view.

50 Years at Pace will be on view at 32 East 57th Street, 534 West 25th Street, and 545 West 22nd Street from September 17th through October 23rd. The exhibition will also be
on view at The Pace Gallery’s new location at 510 West 25th Street through October 16th.

Opening receptions will be hosted in each gallery from 5:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2010.