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Drawn to greatness : master drawings from the Thaw collection / edited by Jennifer Tonkovich ; essays by Colin B. Bailey [and eight others], catalogue raisonné by Jennifer Tonkovoch, Giada Damen.
Fine Arts Library NC25.N4 P5365 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pierpont Morgan Library, author, issuing body, publisher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thaw, Eugene Victor--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Thaw, Eugene Victor.
- Thaw, Clare--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Thaw, Clare.
- Pierpont Morgan Library--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Pierpont Morgan Library.
- Drawing--Exhibitions.
- Drawing.
- Drawing--Private collections--New York (State)--New York--Exhibitions.
- Art--Private collections.
- Drawing--Private collections.
- Art museums.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Illustrated works.
- Catalogues raisonnés.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, [2017]
- Summary:
- This exhibition highlights more than 150 master drawings from the Thaw Collection, one of the world?s finest private collections containing over 400 sheets. Assembled over the last fifty years, and made a promised gift to the Morgan in 1975, the collection has now been given in full to the museum by Life Trustee Eugene V. Thaw and his wife, Clare. 'Drawn to Greatness' focuses on pivotal artists and key moments in the history of draftsmanship. Works by major masters from the Renaissance to the modern era will be on view, including Mantegna, Rubens, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Piranesi, Watteau, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Turner, Daumier, Redon, Degas, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock. 00Exhibition: Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA (29.09.2017-07..01.2018) / Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA (03.02.-29.04.2018).
- Notes:
- "Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, 29 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, and the Clark Art Institute, 3 February to 29 April 2018"--Page [6].
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292).
- "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection" : September 29, 2017-January 7, 2018, the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, New York, United States.
- "Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection" : February 3-April 29, 2018, the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.
- ISBN:
- 9780875981826
- 0875981828
- OCLC:
- 1000385852
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