Drawn to Greatness
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February 3–April 22, 2018
Image Gallery
JÖRG BREU THE YOUNGER
GERMAN, C. 1510-1547
ARTYBIOS ON HORSEBACK ATTACKING ONESILUS
1543
Gift in Honor of Charles Ryskamp on his 10th Anniversary as Director
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 1978.38
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 1978.38
MEDIUM | Pen and black ink and gray wash with white gouache on gray paper |
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
DUTCH, 1606-1669
FOUR MUSICIANS WITH WIND INSTRUMENTS
C. 1638
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2004.42
MEDIUM | Pen and brown and black ink and brown wash, and red and yellow chalk on paper |
ANTOINE WATTEAU
FRENCH, 1684-1721
STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN SEEN FROM THE BACK AND A STUDY OF A RIGHT ARM
C. 1717
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2000.56
MEDIUM | Black, red, and white chalk, on paper |
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
FRENCH, 1732-1806
PORTRAIT OF A NEAPOLITAN WOMAN
1774
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2001.60
MEDIUM | Brown wash over black chalk on paper |
PIERRE-PAUL PRUD'HON
FRENCH, 1758-1823
FEMALE NUDE
C. 1810
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 1974.71
MEDIUM | Black and white chalk on blue paper |
FRANCISCO DE GOYA
SPANISH, 1746-1828
LEAVE IT ALL TO PROVIDENCE
FROM THE BLACK BORDER ALBUM, 1816-20
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 1999.22
MEDIUM | Black ink and gray wash on paper |
EUGÈNE DELACROIX
FRENCH, 1798-1863
ROYAL TIGER
C. 1830
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2006.54
MEDIUM | Watercolor and graphite on paper |
HONORÉ DAUMIER
FRENCH, 1808-1879
TWO LAWYERS CONVERSING
C. 1862
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 1997.87
MEDIUM | Black chalk, lithographic crayon, watercolor and gouache with graphite on paper |
GEORGES SEURAT
FRENCH, 1859-1891
THE BLACK HORSE
1882
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2011.29
MEDIUM | Black Conté crayon on paper |
PAUL KLEE
SWISS, 1879-1940
BIG ONES AND LITTLE ONES (GROSSE UND KLEINE)
1923
Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2010.129
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
MEDIUM | Oil transfer drawing on paper |
Drawn to Greatness
A fully illustrated catalogue, edited by Jennifer Tonkovich, accompanies the exhibition. The publication features a series of essays by leading scholars devoted to pivotal moments in the history of drawing, as well as an essay recounting Eugene V. Thaw’s career as a collector of master drawings and a catalogue raisonné documenting the Thaw collection in full. Hardcover; 295 pages. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order.