Whitney Museum of American Art

Ariadne's Gallery holds 46 works in the Whitney Museum of American Art collection by 23 artists, most made between 1892 and 1983. The best represented artists are Ad Reinhardt, Maurice Prendergast and Mark Rothko. The main styles are Color field painting, Abstract art and Post-impressionism. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke anger and tension.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 37 (collection average 34)
Joy: 44 (collection average 46)
Tension: 51 (collection average 48)
Anger: 29 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 42 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 44 (collection average 48)
Interest: 55 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

The Races in the Bois de Boulogne by Edouard Manet, 1872 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Wonder 31
Along the Seine by Maurice Prendergast, c.1892 - c.1894 — Wonder 70, Interest 74, Joy 65
Dieppe by Maurice Prendergast, c.1892 - c.1894 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 60, Interest 65
Central Park by Maurice Prendergast, 1900 — Joy 70, Nostalgia 60, Interest 65
May Day, Central Park by Maurice Prendergast, c.1900 - c.1903 — Nostalgia 61, Joy 51, Interest 56
Central Park, New York by Maurice Prendergast, 1901 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 70
Madison Square by Maurice Prendergast, 1901 — Nostalgia 70, Joy 59, Interest 64
Cinerarias and Fruit by Maurice Prendergast, c.1912 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 60, Interest 65
The Promenade by Maurice Prendergast, c.1913 — Joy 73, Wonder 68, Interest 70
Painting Number 5 by Marsden Hartley, 1915 — Joy 49, Anger 24, Sadness 35
The Cove by Maurice Prendergast, c.1918 - c.1923 — Joy 71, Wonder 66, Interest 69
Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia by Arshile Gorky, c.1931 - c.1932 — Anger 11, Sadness 19, Joy 26
Painting by Arshile Gorky, 1936 - 1937 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Joy 25
Collage by Ad Reinhardt, 1938 — Sadness 60, Anger 35, Tension 55
La Fortune by Man Ray, 1938 — Anger 76, Sadness 85, Nostalgia 92
Number 30 by Ad Reinhardt, 1938 — Sadness 80, Tension 75, Anger 45
Untitled by Ad Reinhardt, 1938 — Sadness 80, Anger 60, Tension 70
Untitled (N.Y. World's Fair) by Ad Reinhardt, 1939 — Anger 34, Tension 59, Wonder 54
Adoration of the Moon by Max Weber, 1944 — Joy 80, Wonder 65, Interest 70
How to Look at a Spiral by Ad Reinhardt, 1946 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 70
Magenta and Blue by Hans Hofmann, 1950 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 56, Joy 55
The Subway by George Tooker, 1950 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Abstract Painting: Red by Ad Reinhardt, 1952 — Anger 80, Sadness 85, Tension 90
Abstract Painting: Blue by Ad Reinhardt, 1953 — Anger 75, Sadness 80, Tension 86
Yellow, Charcoal, Brown by Mark Rothko, 1953 — Joy 70, Wonder 65, Interest 70
United (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red) by Mark Rothko, 1954 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Wonder 55
Untitled by Ad Reinhardt, 1954 — Anger 33, Tension 58, Wonder 53
The Beach by William Baziotes, 1955 — Wonder 80, Interest 75, Joy 70
Hemlock by Joan Mitchell, 1956 — Anger 75, Tension 85, Interest 60
Four Darks in Red by Mark Rothko, 1958 — Sadness 80, Anger 60, Tension 70
Tet by Morris Louis, 1958 — Sadness 58, Anger 31, Tension 52
The Rose by Jay DeFeo, 1958 - 1966 — Joy 80, Wonder 75, Interest 65
Three Flags by Jasper Johns, 1958 — Anger 80, Sadness 75, Tension 85
Die Fahne Hoch! by Frank Stella, 1959 — Tension 60, Nostalgia 55, Anger 31
Gamma Delta by Morris Louis, 1959 - 1960 — Sadness 55, Joy 56, Tension 49
Abstract Painting by Ad Reinhardt, 1960 - 1966 — Sadness 65, Anger 38, Tension 60
Door to the River by Willem de Kooning, 1960 — Anger 50, Tension 55, Sadness 40
Little big painting by Roy Lichtenstein, 1965 — Anger 12, Sadness 18, Joy 25
Phenomena Kwan Yin by Paul Jenkins, 1969 — Wonder 65, Interest 70, Joy 55
Andy Warhol by Alice Neel, 1970 — Joy 65, Wonder 56, Sadness 41
Still life with crystal bowl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1973 — Interest 63, Joy 36, Anger 8
NOT DETECTED by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 — Anger 86, Sadness 90, Tension 95
A Visit to - A Visit from the Island by Eric Fischl, 1983 — Nostalgia 65, Interest 70, Sadness 40
Hollywood Africans by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983 — Interest 80, Joy 75, Wonder 70
Skinny Woman by John Currin, 1992 — Tension 80, Anger 55, Sadness 60
Untitled by Ad Reinhardt — Anger 32, Tension 56, Wonder 52

Museums with works by the same artists