Exhibitions | Past

The Thaw Collection
Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, Acquisitions Since 1994
September 27, 2002, through January 19, 2003

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Frau Reinhold and Her Daughters, 1815
Graphite on fine wove paper cut from prepared tablet in such a way as to result in an irregular edge made up on all sides with Japanese paper
11 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (303 x 225 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

François Desportes (1661–1743)
Study of a Pointer
Oil on paper prepared with a brown oil wash, laid down on canvas
25 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (641 x 479 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836–1904)
Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), 1872
Brown and gray wash, with white bodycolor mixed with the wash in some places and used as heightening in others, on light brown paper; lined with a heavier board
Full sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 5/8 in. (177 x 143 mm); reduced by the artist with framing line to 5 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. (138 x 115 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Samuel Palmer (1805–1881)
Oak Tree and Beech, Lullingstone Park
Graphite, watercolor, white gouache, on gray paper
11 5/8 x 18 7/16 in. (296 x 468 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
Approach to the Bridge at Courbevoie, 1886
Conté crayon
9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (232 x 298 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
Composition, 1918
Watercolor and brush and black ink over graphite on artist's board
9 x 11 inches (229 x 279 mm)
Thaw Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
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