James Johnson Sweeney (1900–1986) was an American curator and writer about modern art. Sweeney graduated from Georgetown University in 1922. From 1935 to 1946, he was curator for the Museum of Modern Art. He was the second director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, from 1952 to 1960. During his tenure, he expanded the scope of the collection to include abstract expressionist painting as well as sculpture, established the long-term loans program in 1953 and the Guggenheim International Award in 1956. He was also involved in the final years of the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed museum building, during which time he had an antagonistic relationship with the architect. (From Wikipedia)
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Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986, contrib.: Before Picasso; After Miró (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1960), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (multiple formats at archive.org)- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986, contrib.: Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp (1957), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also contrib. by André Breton, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Walter Pach, and René-Jean (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986, contrib.: Twenty Contemporary Painters From the Philippe Dotremont Collection, Brussels (1959), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also contrib. by Paul Fierens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986, contrib.: Younger American Painters: A Selection (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, ca. 1954), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986, contrib.: Younger European Painters: A Selection (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, ca. 1953), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986: Before Picasso, after Miro : [exhibition, June 21, 1960 (The Museum, 1960), also by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (page images at HathiTrust)- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986: Gallery of living art, A. E. Gallatin collection, 100 Washington square east, New York. ([New York?, 1933), also by Gallery of Living Art, Jean Hélion, and A. E. Gallatin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986: Images at mid-century; : [selections by James Johnson Sweeney. Exhibition] April 13 to June 12, 1960. (University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1960), also by University of Michigan. Museum of Art (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986: Museum of Living Art, A. E. Gallatin collection, New York University. ([G. Grady press], 1940), also by Gallery of Living Art, Jean Hélion, George L. K. Morris, and A. E. Gallatin (page images at HathiTrust)
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