From 1928 — participated in exhibitions. His personal exhibitions were held in Portland (Oregon 1933), new-йоркских galleries "Mortimer Brandt" (1846), "Betty Parsons" (1946, 1948, 1949), "S. Janis" (1955). Participated in numerous group exhibitions American artists — for example, "Nine American painters" in the gallery "S. Janis" (1954); exhibited at 29-й international art exhibition in Venice (1958). A retrospective exhibition was held at the Museum of modern art in new-Йорке (1961), the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1961).

he Taught at the California school of fine arts in San-Франциско (1947-1949), Brooklyn College (1929-1952), the University of Colorado, Tulane University. Member of the American Academy of arts and Sciences (1968). Received an honorary degree from Yale University (1969).

In the late 1960-х had internal drama associated with severe disease (arterial aneurysm) separation and divorce. In 1970, committed suicide in his new-йоркской Studio. He was buried in the cemetery East-Мэрион long-Айленде; in 2006 перезахоронен in kensico (state of new-Йорк).

a Memorial and retrospective exhibitions were held in Rotterdam (1971-1972, Museum Boijmans-ван-Бенингена), new-Йорке (1978, Guggenheim Museum), London (1987, Tate gallery), Liverpool (1988-1989, Tate gallery), Washington, new-Йорке, Paris (1998-1999, national art gallery, Museum of American art Whitney Museum of modern art de La Ville), Basel (2001), Rome (2007-2008). In Russia exhibitions of the artist took place in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (2003-2004), the Center for contemporary culture "Garage" in Moscow (2010).

Work is represented in major Museum collections of contemporary art: the Museum of modern art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of American art the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum in new-Йорке, the National gallery and the Phillips collection in Washington, the art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of fine arts, the Tate gallery in London, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the Museum Thyssen-Борнемисса in Madrid.

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