Featuring objects on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art alongside the university art collection, Women Artists in Ascendance pulls back the curtain on the story of modern American art by displaying works from a dozen women artists who were goliaths in their own right, including Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan and Lee Krasner.

Organized in partnership with:

Joan Brown (1938 – 1990), Noel at Table with Vegetables, 1963, Oil and house paint on canvas 48 1/8 x 48 1/8 in. (122.2 x 122.2 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Mrs. Jerome Siegel © Joan Brown, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Grace Hartigan (1922 – 2008), Sweden, 1959, Oil on linen, 83 7/8 x 87 7/8 in. (213 x 223.2 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Weill © Rex R. Stevens

Generously lent by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, as part of the Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network

Helen Frankenthaler (1928 – 2011) at work on a large canvas, 1969. (Photo by Ernst Haas/Getty Images)