# 20th-century United States

Time and place · hang 750 · 124 works

Works made in the United States in the 20th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Apollo and Daphne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/apollo-and-daphne-nga-194944), John Singer Sargent, c. 1916/1919. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/apollo-and-daphne-nga-194944?hang=750)
2. [Fence - Sea Horse Design](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fence-sea-horse-design-nga-29082), Pearl Torell, c. 1939. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/fence-sea-horse-design-nga-29082?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [Lamp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lamp-nga-29757), Arsen Maralian, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/lamp-nga-29757?hang=750)
4. [Utility Chest](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/utility-chest-nga-16860), Henry Tomaszewski, 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/utility-chest-nga-16860?hang=750)
5. [Fire Hose Reel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fire-hose-reel-nga-22350), Hans Mangelsdorf, c. 1938. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/fire-hose-reel-nga-22350?hang=750)

## Section 2, south wall

6. [Nude with Red Hair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nude-with-red-hair-nga-46559), George Bellows, 1920. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/nude-with-red-hair-nga-46559?hang=750)
7. [Goblet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/goblet-nga-23380), Ronau William Woiceske, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/goblet-nga-23380?hang=750)

## Section 2, north wall

8. [One of Original Inside Doors to Sacristy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/one-of-original-inside-doors-to-sacristy-nga-18747), Geoffrey Holt, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/one-of-original-inside-doors-to-sacristy-nga-18747?hang=750)
9. [Caps](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/caps-nga-15329), Unrecorded American maker, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/caps-nga-15329?hang=750)
10. [Mechanical Artillery Bank](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mechanical-artillery-bank-nga-20730), Alf Bruseth, c. 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/mechanical-artillery-bank-nga-20730?hang=750)

## Section 3, north wall

11. [Candle Mold](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/candle-mold-nga-24772), Vincent P. Rosel, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/candle-mold-nga-24772?hang=750)
12. [Cut Tin Candleholder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cut-tin-candleholder-nga-18822), Hal Blakeley, 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/cut-tin-candleholder-nga-18822?hang=750)

## Section 3, south wall

13. [Jewel Cabinet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jewel-cabinet-nga-16884), Charles Henning, c. 1939. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/jewel-cabinet-nga-16884?hang=750)
14. [Shaker Woolen Rug](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaker-woolen-rug-nga-25789), George V. Vezolles, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/shaker-woolen-rug-nga-25789?hang=750)

## Section 4, south wall

15. [The Creation](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-creation-cma-109009), Kálmán Kubinyi, before 1927. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/the-creation-cma-109009?hang=750)
16. [The Hills](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-hills-si-saam-1965-11-1), Preston Dickinson, ca. 1919. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states/the-hills-si-saam-1965-11-1?hang=750)

## Doors

- [Preston Dickinson's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-preston-dickinson?hang=750&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Early modernism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism?hang=750&via=continue) (68 works)
- [20th-century United States, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiZkdON0YxemEifQ)