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This stunning catalogue presents for the first time an outstanding
group of modern drawings by European and American masters,
assembled by the late Howard Karshan and his wife, Linda, who
recently presented the works to The Courtauld. Accompanying their
exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, the catalogue features
drawings by renowned artists including Paul Cezanne, Wassily
Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Sam
Francis, Cy Twombly, Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz. The
Karshan gift is a significant addition to The Courtauld's
collection. The works demonstrate Howard and Linda Karshan's
sensibility for the expressive power and rich variety of drawing as
an art form. The drawings are characterised by innovative
mark-making and distinctive use of line. Examples range from
radical watercolours by Cezanne and highly expressive finger
drawings in ink by Louis Soutter, to abstract compositions made by
Henri Michaux whilst experimenting with Mescalin to explore the
subconscious, and on to works by Twombly that further broadened the
possibilities of draughtsmanship. The 25 drawings of the Karshan
gift will be shown at The Courtauld Gallery when it reopens in late
2021, following a major transformation project. This catalogue will
include an interview with Linda Karshan, two essays and a fully
illustrated catalogue with detailed entries on each work.
This stunning catalogue presents The Courtauld's outstanding
collection of works by Renaissance artist Girolamo Francesco Maria
Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540). This catalogue
accompanies a display of works by Parmigianino at The Courtauld,
including his famous and enigmatic painting of the Virgin and
Child, as well as drawn studies for his most ambitious projects
such as the Madonna of the Long Neck and the frescoes of the church
of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma. The latter was the last and
most important commission of his life and would have been his
triumphal homecoming. Instead, Parmigianino became entangled in his
experimental processes and failed to complete it, leading to his
brief imprisonment for breach of contract. Fundamentally a
draftsman at heart, Parmigianino drew relentlessly during his
relatively short life, and around a thousand of his drawings have
survived. The Courtauld's collection comprises twenty-four sheets.
In preparation for the catalogue, new photography and technical
examinations have been carried out on all the works revealing two
new drawings that were previously unknown, hidden underneath their
historic mounts. They have also helped to better identify
connections between some of the drawings and the finished paintings
for which they were conceived. The catalogue illustrates the whole
Courtauld collection, which also includes two paintings and more
than ten prints. As a printmaker, Parmigianino is considered to
have been the first to experiment with etching in Italy and was a
pioneer of the chiaroscuro woodcut technique. His refined and
graceful compositions were much appreciated by his contemporaries
and exalted by the artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511-74).
This catalogue and display have been curated by Gottardo and
Rebecchini in collaboration with former and current research
students at The Courtauld, and technical research has been
conducted by members of The Courtauld Conservation Institute. A
truly collaborative project, the catalogue sheds light on an artist
who approached every technique with unprecedented freedom and
produced innovative works which were studied and admired by artists
and collectors for many years to come.
This beautiful publication presents for the first time the
Eveillard Gift of drawings to The Frick Collection, the most
important gift of drawings and pastels in its history. It
accompanies an exhibition at the Frick and includes a catalogue of
the works and commentaries by noted scholars. Twenty-six works of
art promised to The Frick Collection by Elizabeth and Jean-Marie
Eveillard dramatically advance the museum's commitment to the
research and display of European drawings. Included in this
transformative gift from two longtime supporters of the Frick are
exquisite drawings, pastels, prints, and one oil sketch by Francois
Boucher, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Eugene Delacroix,
Jean-Honore Fragonard, Thomas Lawrence, Francisco de Goya y
Lucientes, John Singer Sargent, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, and
Jean-Antoine Watteau, among others. The works include figurative
sketches, independent studies, portraits, and landscape scenes,
each either deepening the museum's celebrated holdings or bringing
the work of an artist who is not face=Calibri>- but should be -
represented in the collection. This lavishly illustrated
publication, which accompanies an exhibition at the Frick, includes
a catalogue of the works, as well as comprehensive commentaries on
each of promised gifts written by noted scholars in their field.
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