Modernist Sculpture: the Terese and Alvin S Lane Collection August 9, 2008

The Lane collection began in the late 1950's as a quest for a painting to hang over the couch, and it grew into a significant collection of twentieth-century American and European sculpture. Modernist sculptors were particularly interested in exploring the human form, the balance between representation and abstraction, and the interactions of painting and sculpture. The collection reflects these concerns and also how they transformed in the post-war period.