Exchange: Drawings

Drawings

Beginning Drawing Fall 2017

William Horace Littlefield
Portrait of Donald Forbes
pen and ink on white paper
12 ⅛ in x 9 ⅝ in (30.8 cm x 24.45 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ¼ in (48.89 cm x 36.2 cm);13 ⅛ in x 10 ¼ in (33.34 cm x 26.04 cm);12 ⅛ in x 9 ⅝ in (30.8 cm x 24.45 cm)
Gift of William H. Littlefield

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This is a drawing for the installation of a terrazzo floor installation at the Mott Children's Hospital in Michigan. It includes notes and comments by the artist.

Michele Oka Doner
Sketch Drawing for North Elevation at Main Lobby, Mott Children's Hospital
pencil and ink on paper
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Gift of Michele Oka Doner in honor of Penny Stamps

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A seated nude female figure in three-quarters view seated on a block.

Henry Moore
Seated Figure
pen and wash on paper
16 7/8 in x 13 9/16 in (42.86 cm x 34.45 cm);16 7/8 in x 13 9/16 in (42.86 cm x 34.45 cm)
Museum Purchase

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At the center of the page, there is a pen and ink drawing of a seated woman holding a small mirror. Her hair is colored a rich brown in watercolor and her stockings are orange and shoes green.

Pablo Picasso
Femme au miroir
pen, black ink and watercolor on laid paper
6 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in (16.83 cm x 10.48 cm);9 1/8 in x 6 7/16 in (23.2 cm x 16.4 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49 cm x 36.3 cm)
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family

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This preparatory drawing for a sculpture has two drawings, side-by-side, of a vertical structure that has a dome-shaped top. The structures sit on top of boxes with diagonal lines running through them. On the right, the drawing has directional arrows pointing from bottom to top and over the structure from right to left. On the sides of the two drawings are handwritten notes in gold ink. The drawing is titled, located and dated (l.c.) " "La Vittoria" Milano 1970 (26 Nov.)" in gold pen and signed in pencil (l.r.) "Jean Tingeuly.".

Jean Tinguely
La Vittoria
graphite and felt tip pen on paper
18 3/4 in x 25 7/16 in (47.7 cm x 64.6 cm)
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family

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This abstracted drawing of a man's face shows a rounded but flattened surface, tilted back so that his nostrils are visible. The face droops, and has small beady eyes and dark closed lips.

Leonard Baskin
Haman
ink and graphite on paper
22 in x 29 7/8 in (55.88 cm x 75.88 cm)
Gift of The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation

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Giorgio Morandi
Still Life
graphite on wove paper
6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in. (16.6 x 23.9 cm);14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in. (36.35 x 49.05 cm);6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in. (16.6 x 23.9 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

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A lithograph image of a group of nude men playing instruments and dancing. The right third of the image is composed of three men, one of whom is lying on the ground and one mid-dance with arms extended, done in line drawing without much detail. The rest of the image shows three men dancing with musical instuments, one man sitting and a fifth man standing to the left side of the image. These figures have more detail, shading and modeling. Various drink vessels are depicted in the scene as well and the figures to in the left portion of painting wear wreaths on their heads.

Pablo Picasso
La danse des Faunes
lithograph on Arches paper
23 1/4 in x 27 1/16 in x 13/16 in (59.1 cm x 68.8 cm x 2 cm);16 1/16 in x 20 11/16 in (40.8 cm x 52.6 cm)
Gift of Clan Crawford, Jr.

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This is a dark, black and white drawing of the interior of a room. In the foreground is a table with a white saucer, silverware, white mug, and glass on top. On the other side of the table is a chair. A smaller table is visible behind the chair in the background of the drawing with a white object on it. The drawing is on medium thick, smooth white wove paper. There are very visible brush strokes across the drawing, and the paper is crinkled from moisture.

Richard Diebenkorn
Interior with Chair and Table
graphite and gouache on wove paper
12 7/16 in x 15 9/16 in (31.59 cm x 39.53 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

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Kara Walker
One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"
aquatint and etching on light cream Somerset Satin wove paper
34 11/16 x 23 5/16 in. (88.1 x 59.1 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

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Paul Delvaux
Femme (Woman)
graphite and charcoal
14 3/16 in. x 10 9/16 in. ( 36.1 cm x 26.8 cm )
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family

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In this print we see a woman in a chair sitting at table. The table is in the foreground and the woman sits behind it. She is wearing a light colored dress and has shoulder length hair and the print is truncated above her eyes so we do not see the top of her head. Four saucers, two mugs, a knife, and coffee pot sit atop table. Drawing is on medium thick, smooth white wove paper. There are very visible brush strokes across the drawing.

Richard Diebenkorn
Seated Woman with Coffee Pot
charcoal, black ink, and wash on wove paper
25 in x 19 in (63.5 cm x 48.26 cm);33 in x 26 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in (83.82 cm x 67.94 cm x 3.81 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

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