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French Drawings from The Armand Hammer Collection

May 17 – November 8, 1992
West Building, Ground Floor, Hammer Galleries

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Little Preacher, late 1770s, brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.18

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

Overview: A selection of French drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries was shown, by artists ranging from Antoine Watteau to Georges Seurat. The display was part of the continuous series of changing exhibitions highlighting drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection.

Organization: Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator of old master drawings at the National Gallery, coordinated the exhibition.