Conversations in Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection

Giovanni Francesco Barberi, called Guercino
Italian, 1591–1666
Christ crowned with thorns (Ecce Homo), 1647
Red chalk
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Charles LeBrun
French, 1619–1690
Study for a herm, 1674–78
Black chalk, with touches of white chalk, and traces of graphite
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

François Lemoyne
French, 1688–1737
Hercules raising his club: Study for “Hercules Clubbing Cacus,” 1717
Black and white chalk on buff paper
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.880
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Giovanni Francesco Barberi, called Guercino
Italian, 1591–1666
The triumphant Hercules with the vanquished Hydra, ca. 1618
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, on buff paper
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.879
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch, 1621–1674
A bearded figure wearing a turban and fur coat, half length, turned to the right, ca. 1670
Brush and brown wash, and pen and brown ink
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.845
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Georges Seurat
French, 1859–1891
Academic Male Nude, 1877
Black Conté crayon, black chalk, and charcoal The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.865
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Francesco de' Rossi, called Francesco Salviati
Italian, 1510–1563
Young warrior, seen from behind, lifting a curtain, 1550–55
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, heightened with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.864
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Paul Cézanne
French, 1839–1906 
Bather with Outstretched Arms, 1874–77 
Graphite on pieced paper
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.840
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577–1640
Nude youth in the pose of the Spinario, ca. 1610–16
Black chalk with white chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.863
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881–1973
Two Dancers, 1925
Pen and black ink
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Morgan Library & Museum
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© 2021 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.