Museum of Modern Art: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	MoMA
Date	1929 - present
Areas Of Involvement	modern art
Related People	Alfred H. Barr, Jr. • Beaumont Newhall • Yoshio Taniguchi • John Szarkowski • John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in the Museum of Modern Art

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