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

Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881–1973 Female Nude, 1906
Chalk, with graphite
Gray Family Collection
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.

Auguste Rodin
French, 1840–1917
Nude Woman Standing, Seen from the Back with Her Hands on Her Hips, 1898–1900
Graphite, watercolor, and pen and black ink, on paper prepared with a light- blue wash
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.862
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Jim Dine
American, b. 1935
Thin Red Lips, 2008
Charcoal and pastel
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.844
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Jean-Baptiste Isabey
French, 1767–1855
Portrait of the Artist Joseph Chinard, 1799–1802
Black chalk, with stumping, and touches of brush and black watercolor, heightened with white opaque watercolor
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.

Jean Dubuffet
French, 1901–1985
Four Figures, 1946
Opaque watercolor, with incising, on coarse sandpaper
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Morgan Library & Museum
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Attributed to Francesco Bonsignori
Italian, ca. 1455–1519
Portrait of an old man, late fifteenth century
Charcoal, with wet brush and stumping, on tan paper prepared with a gray ground
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.834
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Honoré Daumier
French, 1808–1879 
Study of Two Men (Spectators), 1863–65 
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, and graphite, over black chalk
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Morgan Library & Museum
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Lelio Orsi
Italian, 1511–1587
Apollo driving the chariot of the sun, ca. 1544–45
Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white opaque watercolor, with incising, on paper prepared with a light- brown wash
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.855
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Lodovico Carracci
Italian, 1555–1619
The conversion of Saint Paul, 1587–89
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white oil paint, over traces of black chalk, on paper prepared with a brown oil wash
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.839
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Benedetto Luti
Italian, 1666–1724
Allegory of the elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the papal chair as Pope Martin V, 1700
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, over black and red chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.882
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department