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Cynthia Hazen Polsky is an artist, art collector and arts patron. She serves as a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Morgan Library and Museum; New York, and is a Trustee Emerita of the American Academy in Rome, an Honorary Life Trustee of the Asia Society; New York, and of the Storm King Art Center; Mountainville, New York.

Her collections include paintings and decorative arts of India as well as American and European 20th century and contemporary paintings, sculpture and
decorative arts.

Artist:  
    1977   One Person Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas.
    1975   Group Exhibition, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY.
Cynthia Polsky: Work on Paper, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY.
    1974   One Person Exhibition, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY.
Group Exhibition, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign,
Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water Expo, ‘74 Worlds Fair, Spokane, WA.
    1973   One Person Exhibition, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
One Person Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA.
Artist in Residence, Lecture/Exhibition, St. Mary’s College, MD
    1972   One Person Exhibition, Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Exhibition, Benson Galleries, Bridgehampton, NY.
    1971   Exhibition 10, Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna Beach, CA.
    1970   One Person Exhibition, Artisan Gallery, Houston, TX.
    1969   One Person Exhibition, Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
    1968   One Person Exhibition, Benson Galleries, Bridgehampton, NY.
    1967   Painters in the Hamptons, Benson Galleries, Bridgehampton, NY.
Books and Catalogues:
  2006   Interior, Exterior and Scenic: The Paintings of Cynthia Polsky: 1963-1974.
Philip Wilson Publishers London.
    1990   Cynthia Polsky, Paintings 1973-1974, Stamperia Valdonega, Verona.
Articles:  
  1984   Le Correnti Artistiche dal Dopoguerra ad Oggi e Profili di Artisti Contempoanei,
Academia Italia, Universita’ delle Arti.
  1981   American Art at Rydhave,
Embassy of the United States of America, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  1975   Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 22nd Annual Art Auction,
Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY
  1974   Cynthia Polsky, Recent Paintings - Feb 27 - March 23, 1974,
Andrew Crispo Gallery.

“Notes on my Recent Lyrical Expressionist Paintings”, Cynthia Polsky,
Leonardo, Vol. 8, pp. 53-54, Pergamon Press.
  1973   Judith Dunham, Art Week.
Alfred Frankenstein, San Francisco Chronicle.
  1972   Henry Seldis, Los Angeles Times.
Henry Seldis, Catalogue preface for Palm Springs Desert Museum.
  1970   David Dolin, Houston Chronicle.
  1969   Henry Seldis, Los Angeles Times.
Work in Museums and Public Collections:
 
The Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
The Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC .
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY.
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY.
U.S. Embassy, London, United Kingdom.
 
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Paintings by Cynthia Polsky
  • Inner Circle I 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Inner Circle I 1973
    Acrylic on canvas
    72 x 48 inches (183 x 122 cm)
    Private Collection
  • Venus 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Venus 1973
     Acrylic on canvas
    84 x 72 inches (213 x 183 cm)
    Private Collection
  • Here Comes the Sun 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Here Comes the Sun 1973
     Acrylic on canvas
    78 x 168 inches (198 x 427 cm)
    Private Collection
  • Arcadia 1972
    Cynthia Polsky
    Arcadia 1972
     Acrylic on canvas
    84 x 72 inches (213 x 183 cm)
    Private Collection
  • Black Forest Light 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Black Forest Light 1973
     Acrylic on canvas
    Each panel: 80 x 36 inches (203 x 91 cm)
    Private Collection
  • Stone Flower 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Stone Flower 1973
     Acrylic on canvas
    60 x 40 inches (152 x 102 cm)
    Collection of Alain Coblence
  • Terra 1973
    Cynthia Polsky
    Terra 1973
     Acrylic on canvas
    84 x 72 inches (213 x 183 cm)
    Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University
    Gift of the Artist

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Cynthia Hazen Polsky’s Collection Of Indian Paintings
  exhibitions:  
  2004 In the Realm of Gods and Kings: Art of India: Selections from the Polsky Collections and The Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY.
  1986 Indian Paintings from the Polsky Collections.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
  1982 Indian Paintings from the Polsky collections.
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  Books and Catalogues:
  2004 In the Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India.
Ed. Andrew Topsfield.  Philip Wilson Publishers, London.
  1982

Indian Paintings from the Polsky Collections.
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
  Reviews:    
  2004 Holland Cotter. Beyond the Cacophony of India to Realms of Princes and Gods.
The New York Times.
Karen Wilkin. Among Gods and Kings.
The New Criterion
  1986 Round the Galleries.
The Jerusalem Post Magazine.
  1982 John Caldwell.  Princeton: The Art of India in All Its Glory.
The New York Times.
  Articles and Interviews:
  2006 Louise Nicholson. Art to Live With: Cynthia Hazen Polsky.
Apollo Magazine
  2004 An Interview with Cynthia Hazen Polsky.
Orientations Magazine.
  1999 Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohn and Christopher Sykes. Art at Home: Cynthia Hazen Polsky. At Home with Art: How Art Lovers
Live with and Care for Their Treasures.  Clarkson N. Potter Publishers, New York.