Assembled over fifty years, this collection includes a wide variety of media, from black and red chalk, graphite, conté crayon, wash, and pastels to charcoal, watercolor, collage, and pen and ink. It focuses on key periods and places—15th to 18th century Italy; 17th to 20th century France; 17th century Holland; and 20th and 21st century America. Viewers will recognize celebrated masters while gaining an appreciation for lesser-known artists with exceptional skills.
“Richard and Mary’s unerring eye for drawings of extraordinary quality was legendary, and they demonstrated over and over again a level of collecting sophistication rarely matched,” says Kevin Salatino, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Chair and Curator of Prints and Drawings, and co-curator of the exhibition.