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Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper

May 10 – September 7, 1992
West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery

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

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

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.