Artist Biennial

Mitchell Siporin

1910–1976

6 works in the collection 24 exhibitions at the Whitney

Works in the collection

Prints

Biro-Bidjan Portfolio

c. 1937–1938 · Prints

A worried worker family stands together in front of factory smokestacks and tanks.

Workers Family

c. 1937–1938 · Prints

A distressed parent clutches a child while another child reaches down as stern faces peer through bars.

Haymarket Series: The Stool Pigeons, Mr. and Mrs. William Seliger

1933–1934 · Drawings

A group of masked and formally dressed figures gather around a dancing woman holding a red skirt.

Dancers by the Clock

1948–1949 · Paintings

A crowded surreal scene of masked and helmeted figures gathered around statues and flowering ruins.

Flashback to Carthage

1946 · Drawings

A group of people huddle under a leaning wooden beam, clutching cloth and seeking shelter.

Earthquake

1941 · Drawings

Exhibitions at the Whitney

Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945 2020-02-17 – 2021-01-31
Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings 1960-12-07 – 1961-01-22
1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1959-12-09 – 1960-01-31
1957 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors 1957-11-20 – 1958-01-12
1956 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1956-04-18 – 1956-06-10
1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1955-11-09 – 1956-01-08
1955 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1955-01-12 – 1955-02-20
1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1953-10-15 – 1953-12-06
1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1951-11-08 – 1952-01-06
1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1951-03-17 – 1951-05-06
1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1950-11-10 – 1950-12-31
1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1950-04-01 – 1950-05-28
1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1949-12-16 – 1950-02-05
1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1949-04-02 – 1949-05-08
1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1948-11-13 – 1949-01-02
1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1948-01-31 – 1948-03-21
1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1947-12-06 – 1948-01-25
1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1947-03-11 – 1947-04-17
1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1946-12-10 – 1947-01-16
1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1946-02-05 – 1946-03-13
1943 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art 1943-11-23 – 1944-01-04
1941 Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Artists Under Forty 1941-11-12 – 1941-12-30
1941 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1941-01-15 – 1941-02-19
1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1940-11-27 – 1941-01-08