The Touch of the Artist
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections
October 01, 1995 – January 28, 1996
THIS EXHIBITION IS NO LONGER ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
Overview: 117 drawings spanning 5 centuries were selected from the Woodner collections. The drawings were gifts or promised gifts to the National Gallery.
Organization: Curator for the exhibition was Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator of old master drawings at the National Gallery of Art.
Image: Raphael, Eight Apostles, c. 1514, red chalk over stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper, cut in two pieces and rejoined; laid down, Woodner Collection, 1993.51.2
Catalog: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, edited by Margaret Morgan Grasselli. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995.