Past Exhibition

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper

The drawing features two figures with their upper bodies in focus, and parts of their legs visible. One figure, a seated woman, leans towards the other figure, a reclining male resting with his head on a draped cloth. The woman has detailed facial features and styled hair with loose waves. The male has delicate features and his face is in repose. He is partially covered with drapery. The woman wears classical-style drapes with a sense of movement. In the background are ethereal forms or clouds, with a cherubic figure sketched above. A dog is depicted at the bottom right. The scene is rendered in soft, muted tones on brown, textured paper.
Charles-Antoine Coypel, Diana and Endymion, 1720s, black chalk heightened with white and squared for transfer on brown paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.150.87

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    West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery
The drawing features two figures with their upper bodies in focus, and parts of their legs visible. One figure, a seated woman, leans towards the other figure, a reclining male resting with his head on a draped cloth. The woman has detailed facial features and styled hair with loose waves. The male has delicate features and his face is in repose. He is partially covered with drapery. The woman wears classical-style drapes with a sense of movement. In the background are ethereal forms or clouds, with a cherubic figure sketched above. A dog is depicted at the bottom right. The scene is rendered in soft, muted tones on brown, textured paper.
Charles-Antoine Coypel, Diana and Endymion, 1720s, black chalk heightened with white and squared for transfer on brown paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.150.87

Overview: On view were 114 prints and drawings received after the 50th anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Also included was The Gallant Gardener, a previously unknown red chalk drawing by Antoine Watteau. It had recently been discovered by curator Andrew Robison and purchased by the Gallery at auction in London.

Organization: The coordinator for the show was Andrew Robison, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator at the National Gallery of Art.

Attendance: 223,778

Catalog: Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper, by Andrew Robison et al. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1992.

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