Venues:
Though planned, this exhibition did not take place at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
East Hampton, New York: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, July 31–October 31, 1997.

Curator:
Siobhán M. Conaty.

Artists:
Virginia Admiral, Nell Blaine, Leonora Carrington, Ronnie Elliot, Perle Fine, Leonor Fini, Suzy Frelinghuysen, Fannie Hillsmith, Valentine Hugo, Buffie Johnson, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Jacqueline Lamba, Muriel Streeter Levy, Loren Maclver, Hazel McKinley, Alice Trumbull Mason, Louise Nevelson, Alice Rahon Paalen, Irene Rice Pereira, Barbara Reis, Kay Sage, Esphyr Slobodkina, Hedda Sterne, Dorothea Tanning, Julia Thecla, Pegeen Vail, and Charmion von Wiegand.

Exhibition description:
This show was based on two all-women exhibitions organized by Peggy Guggenheim at Art of This Century, her gallery in New York: Exhibition by 31 Women (1943) and The Women (1945). Bringing together the art that was presented in those two shows, the curatorial aim was to offer an insight into the achievements of female artists, emphasizing their role in modern avant-garde. Art of this Century. The Women posited Peggy Guggenheim as a crucial figure in twentieth century art not only because she supported the burgeoning New York School but because her exhibitions targeted crucial issues that are still at stake today in contemporary culture.

Partnerships:
Exhibition organized by the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York.

Catalogue:
Conaty, Siobhán M. Art of This Century: The Women. New York: The Stony Brook Foundation, Inc. and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1997.

Two catalogues, one in English and one bilingual in English and Italian. Catalogues include acknowledgments by Siobhán M. Conaty, introduction by Helen A. Harrison (Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center) and essays by Philip Rylands and Siobhán M. Conaty. Catalogues also reproduce texts by Buffie Johnson and Fannie Hillsmith, the original checklists of the exhibitions Exhibition by 31 Women (1943) and The Women (1945), and a list of the works in the current exhibition.

Library location: GUGG PGC 1998 .011, GUGG PGC 1998 .012, GUGG PGC 1998 .013, GUGG PGC 1998 .014 (English).