Established | 1961 |
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Dissolved | 1968 |
Location | 1503 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°54′35.85″N 77°02′47.2″W / 38.9099583°N 77.046444°W |
Public transit access | Dupont Circle |
The Washington Gallery of Modern Art was a short-lived gallery promoting contemporary art near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, United States, during the 1960s. The gallery remained open for seven years, opening in October 1961 and closing in September 1968.[1] Its collection of 153 works was purchased by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1968 for $110,000.[2] The collection included 20th-century artists, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Grace Hartigan and Marcel Duchamp.