Past Exhibition

Paper in Prints

This is a drawing of a theater scene with a large clownish figure and an audience. The drawing shows a theatrical performance with a character resembling a clown on the right, and an audience on the left. The audience is depicted in rows, with a seated figure above operating the curtain. The scene conveys a sense of theatricality and humor, capturing the atmosphere of a performance.
Honoré Daumier, Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée (Lower the Curtain, the Farce is Over), 1834, lithograph, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.2937

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    Ground Floor, Galleries G-12, G-13, G-19 (2,000 sq. ft.)
This is a drawing of a theater scene with a large clownish figure and an audience. The drawing shows a theatrical performance with a character resembling a clown on the right, and an audience on the left. The audience is depicted in rows, with a seated figure above operating the curtain. The scene conveys a sense of theatricality and humor, capturing the atmosphere of a performance.
Honoré Daumier, Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée (Lower the Curtain, the Farce is Over), 1834, lithograph, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.2937

Overview: 148 prints, drawings, and illustrated books ranged from the 14th to the 20th century. Included were 14 works by Rembrandt van Rijn as well as work by Robert Rauschenberg. Variations in the paper used for printed images were explored: the surface qualities of paper, the effect of different tones and colors, and the size and treatment of margins and edges.

Organization: Andrew Robison organized the exhibition, which was designed by Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser.

Catalog: Paper in Prints, by Andrew Robison. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1977.

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