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Luce Foundation Center Audio Tour
Listen to a tour of the Luce Foundation Center here, get the podcast from iTunes, or call it from your phone at +1 202 595 1852 plus the object code from the list below (normal calling rates apply). Also from your phone, you can leave comments and get information on artworks by text message.
In the Luce Center, you can borrow a free MP3 player to take the tour, available daily until 6 p.m.
Click on the Tabs to select a floor.
Then click on the map to see the list of commentaries for each area.
Sculpture (19th-20th Century)
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| DCR | 162 | David Beck | Movie Palace |
| third floor | 114 | Jack Feeley | Jack |
| third floor | 121 | Miriam Schapiro | Dollhouse |
| third floor | 315 | Miriam Schapiro | Dollhouse |
| third floor | 195 | Lloyd G. Schermer | An American Puzzle |
| third floor | 455 | Selma Burke | (Untitled) Woman and Child |
| third floor | 456 | Richard Hunt | The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt..." |
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18th - 20th Century Painting
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 1b | 101 | Jacob Eichholtz | James Buchanan |
| 2a | 113 | Thomas Hovenden | Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing |
| 3a | 146 | George Catlin | Kee-o-kúk, The Watchful Fox, Chief of the Tribe |
| 3b | 185 | Asher B. Durand | Georgianna Frances Adams |
| 3b | 304 | Joshua Johnson | Portrait of Adelia Ellender |
| 4b | 104 | Studio of Benjamin West | Mary Hopkinson |
| 5a | 173 | George Cochran Lambdin | Autumn Sunshine |
| 5b | 123 | Unidentified Artist | Portrait of Rubens' Wife |
| 5b | 313 | Unidentified Artist | The Doctor's Visit |
| 6a | 159 | Thomas Wilmer Dewing | Portrait of Frances C. Houston |
| 6a | 601 | Thomas Wilmer Dewing | Portrait of a Lady |
| 6b | 135 | Albert Pinkham Ryder | Passing Song |
| 6b | 409 | Albert Pinkham Ryder | Passing Song |
| 6b | 308 | Louis M. Eilshemius | The Three Girls and River |
| 6b | 602 | Ralph Albert Blakelock | Moonrise |
| 7a | 142 | John Vanderlyn | The Landing of Columbus |
| 7b | 603 | Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson | Une Martyre (St. Thechla) |
| 8a | 179 | Kenyon Cox | Study for Mural for Appellate Court Building, New York: “Statute Law,” Helmet for Figure of “Force” |
| 8b | 119 | Abbott Handerson Thayer | A Bride |
| 9a | 129 | Abbott Handerson Thayer | Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot) |
| 9a | 610 | Alice Pike Barney | The Necklace |
| 9b | 165 | Henry Ossawa Tanner | Salome |
| 9b | 604 | Henry Ossawa Tanner | Mary |
| 10a | 605 | Henry Ossawa Tanner | Portrait of the Artist's Wife |
| 10b | 170 | Miner Kilbourne Kellogg | Ruins of Asrum Asia Minor: Explored with Layard (Sir Henry Layard) |
| 12a | 196 | William Bradford | Whaler off the Vineyard—Outward Bound |
| 12b | 154 | Joseph Henry Sharp | The Voice of the Great Spirit |
| 13a | 176 | Johann Hermann Carmiencke | Hudson River at Cold Spring |
| 13b | 152 | Thomas Moran | Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory |
| 13b | 606 | George Inness | Georgia Pines |
| 14a | 118 | Jasper Francis Cropsey | Catskill Creek |
| 14a | 607 | Kenyon Cox | Lengthening Shadows |
| 14b | 109 | John F. Peto | Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn |
| 14b | 608 | Unidentified | Erie Railroad |
| 15a | 139 | Elizabeth Nourse | Fisher Girl of Picardy |
| 15b | 127 | Thomas J. Scott | Portrait of Lexington |
Folk Art
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 3b | 304 | Joshua Johnson | Portrait of Adelia Ellender |
| 22a | 107 | John William "Uncle Jack" Dey | Acupuncture Pitchfork Style |
| 22b | 125 | Alexander Bogardy | Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread |
| 23a | 120 | Howard Finster | VISION OF A GREAT GULF ON PLANET HELL |
| 23b | 144 | Simon Sparrow | Assemblage with Found Objects |
| 23b | 319 | Mose Tolliver | Self Portrait |
| 23b | 355 | Alexander Maldonado | Waterfront at Night |
| 23b | 358 | Rex Clawson | Mr. and Mrs. America |
| 24a | 150 | Jon Serl | 2 Dogs--3 BANDSMEN |
| 24b | 137 | Herbert Singleton | Glad You Dead You Rascal You |
| 25a | 190 | James Leonard | Wind Machine with Gabriel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Armstrong |
| 25b | 182 | Nicholas Herrera | Protect and Serve |
| 25b | 612 | Gregorio Marzan | Statue of Liberty |
| 26a | 122 | Unidentified artist | Eletrical Tattooing |
| 26b | 141 | Tom Yazzie | Yeibichai Dancers with Medicine Man and Patient |
| 27a | 178 | Mr. Imagination | Portrait Head Paintbrush Tree |
| 27a | 364 | "Prophet" Royal Robertson | Altar Piece |
| 27b | 197 | O. L. "Geech" Samuels | Dog |
| 28b | 111 | Christine McHorse | Wolves Courting at Full Moon |
18th-20th Century Sculpture
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 16a | 148 | John Rogers | The Council of War |
| 17a | 110 | William Henry Rinehart | Harriet Lane Johnston |
| 17b | 157 | Hiram Powers | James Gibson Powers |
| 17b | 417 | Hiram Powers | Antiss Derby Rogers Wetmore |
| 18a | 102 | Hiram Powers | Eve Tempted |
| 19b | 115 | Edmonia Lewis | Old Arrow Maker |
| 20a | 120 | Frederick MacMonnies | Rip Van Winkle |
| 20b | 168 | William Couper | Benjamin Franklin |
| 21a | 191 | Herbert Adams | Joseph Henry |
| 21b | 172 | Caban Group | Los Reyes Magos |
| 21b | 305 | Santiago | Master of "La Merced" |
Portrait Miniatures (Case 16)
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 16b | 161 | Alexandrina Robertson Harris | Amelia Earhart |
| Case 16b, Drawer 17b | 351 | Eliza Osgood Peabody, Age 6 | Unidentified Artist |
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20th Century Painting
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 29a | 134 | J. Bond Francisco | The Sick Child |
| 30a | 189 | John Henry Twachtman | Hemlock Pool |
| 31a | 105 | William H. Johnson | The Breakdown |
| 32a | 193 | William H. Johnson | Marian Anderson |
| 32b | 164 | Elbridge Ayer Burbank | Geronimo |
| 33a | 130 | Ernest L. Blumenschein | Picuris Mountain (Near Taos) |
| 33b | 108 | B. J. O. Nordfeldt | Christ Walking on Water |
| 34a | 140 | Romaine Brooks | La France Croisée |
| 34b | 174 | Roger Medearis | Godly Susan |
| 35a | 186 | George Bellows | Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase |
| 35b | 155 | William Gropper | Construction of the Dam (study for mural, the Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.) |
| 36a | 199 | Rockwell Kent | Mail Service in the Tropics (mural study, U.S. Post Office Department, Washington, D.C.), |
| 36b | 160 | Norman Rockwell | Homecoming |
| 36b | 365 | Xavier J. Barile | 42nd St. Nocturne |
| 37a | 151 | Honoré Sharrer | Tribute to the American Working People |
| 39a | 177 | Helen Lundeberg | Double Portrait of the Artist in Time |
| 39b | 149 | Paul Cadmus | Bar Italia |
| 40a | 163 | Harvey Dinnerstein | Brownstone |
| 40b | 147 | Gene Davis | Hot Beat |
| 41a | 131 | Ad Reinhardt | Untitled |
| 41b | 416 | László Moholy-Nagy | Leuk 5 |
| 42a | 180 | Ben Shahn | After Titian |
| 43a | 188 | Jaune Quick-To-See Smith | State Names |
| 43b | 198 | Alma Thomas | Red Abstraction |
| 44a | 153 | Philip Evergood | Dowager in a Wheelchair |
| 45a | 138 | Wayne Thiebaud | Jackpot Machine |
| 45b | 103 | Edward Hopper | People in the Sun |
| 45b | 194 | Tony Bennett (Anthony Benedetto) | Central Park |
| fourth floor wall | 100 | Frank Romero | Death of Rubén Salazar |
| 32a | 354 | William H. Johnson | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| 33b | 317 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Yellow Calla |
| 34a | 356 | Romaine Brooks | Una, Lady Troubridge |
| 35b | 352 | William Gropper | Construction of the Dam |
| 36a | 450 | John Grabbach | The Fifth Year |
| 36b | 453 | Charles Pollock | Look Down that Road |
| 37a | 312 | Peter Blume | Vegetable Dinner |
| 37b | 301 | Max Arthur Cohn | Bethlehem Steel Works |
| 38b | 414 | George Tooker | The Waiting Room |
| 40a | 452 | Joseph Hirsch | The Naked Man |
| 41b | 307 | Byron Browne | Head |
| 43a | 353 | Michael Goldberg | New Canaan |
| 43b | 613 | Michael Dailey | Scapa Evening |
| 44a | 451 | Philip Evergood | Dowager in a Wheelchair |
| 45a | 367 | Jacob Kainen | Woman with Dark Hair |
Contemporary Craft
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 52a | 117 | Unidentified artist | Altarpiece |
| 52b | 136 | Mary Scheier, Edwin Scheier | Charger |
| 53a | 369 | Margaret Boozer | Eight Red Bowls |
| 53a | 369 | Margaret Boozer | Eight Red Bowls |
| 53b | 143 | Margaret Boozer | Eight Red Bowls |
| 53b | 366 | Peter Shire | Weathervane Teapot |
| 53b | 311 | Wesley Anderegg | Industrial Waste Teapot |
| 54a | 169 | William Wilhelmi | Cowboy Boots |
| 54b | 187 | David Ellsworth | Black Pot |
| 55a | 167 | Mark Lindquist | Ascending Bowl #3 |
| 55b | 133 | Anthony Corradetti | PODS |
| 55b | 609 | Kari Russell-Pool | Dancing Pear Bottle |
| 56a | 128 | Sidney R. Hutter | Vase #65-78 |
| 56a | 318 | Tim Jerman | Female Angler Fish with Parasitic Male |
| 56a | 410 | Mark Matthews | Marbles (various) |
| 56a | 412 | Dominick Labino | Fountain with Blue |
| 56b | 112 | George Nakashima | Conoid Chair |
| 57a | 106 | Consuelo Jimenez Underwood | Virgen de los Caminos |
| 57a | 306 | Unidentified Artist | Flying Geese |
| 57a | 302 | Pamela Studstill | Quilt #17 |
| 57a | 359 | Consuelo Jiménez Underwood | Virgen de los Caminos |
| 57b | 126 | Joyce Scott | Africa |
| 57b | 457 | Tina Fung Holder | Necklace 48.188 |
20th Century Sculpture
| Case | Stop | Artist | Title |
| 46a | 166 | Anthony de Francisci | Henry F. Schricker |
| 46b | 175 | Malvina Hoffman | Katharine Cornell |
| 46b | 320 | James Washington | Young Queen of Ethiopia |
| 47a | 181 | William Zorach | Innocence (Figure of Girl - Dahlov) |
| 47b | 124 | Eugenie Gershoy | Homage to Audrey McMahon (Goddess of Fertility) |
| 48a | 184 | Michael Lantz | Man Controlling Trade (Model, Federal Trade Commission Building) |
| 48a | 611 | Paul Manship | End of Day |
| 48b | 171 | John Bernard Flannagan | Donkey |
| 49b | 156 | David Smith | Europa and Calf |
| 49b | 363 | Alexander Calder | Bracelet |
| 50a | 116 | Seymour Lipton | Manuscript |
| 50a | 415 | Paul Rand | When Men Can Freely Communicate |
| 50b | 145 | Donald Judd | Table Object |
| 51a | 183 | Richard Serra | Maquette for Tilted Arc |
| 51a | 408 | Robert Hudson | Maquette for Tlingit |
| 51b | 192 | William Christenberry | River House |
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