The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection.
These gifts include six paintings by Picasso; five by Matisse; five by Miró; four by
Bonnard; four by Braque; three by Léger; two by Dubuffet, Gris, Tanguy, and Vlaminck
respectively; single examples by Brauner, Chagall, de Chirico, Dalí, Derain, Ernst,
Modigliani, Mondrian, and Rouault; and three bronzes and one painting by Giacometti. These
prime works by painters of the School of Parismost of which were not previously
shown in the Museums recent exhibition Painters in Paris: 18951950range
in date from 1905 to 1967. Several are icons of 20th-century art. The current selection of
works will remain on view in the Gelman Galleries, Metropolitan Art Museum, N.Y. through
February 3, 2002.