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

Attributed to Simon Vouet
French, 1590–1649
Kneeling angel, 1623–24
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper, squared in red 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.

Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577–1640
The Last Supper, 1613–14
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with touches of white opaque watercolor, over traces of black chalk, incised
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-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French, 1780–1867
The Borghese Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 1824
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brush and gray and brown wash, with red and ocher opaque 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-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French, 1780–1867
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1812
Graphite
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French, 1780–1867
Comtesse Charles d’Agoult (Born Marie de Flavigny) and Her Daughter Claire d’Agoult, 1849
Graphite, heightened with white opaque watercolor, with touches of yellow watercolor
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.852
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Fernand Léger
French, 1881–1955
Composition/Three Women, 1922
Graphite
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Fernand Léger
French, 1881–1955
Still Life with Tankard, 1921
Graphite
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Morgan Library & Museum
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Fernand Léger
French, 1881–1955
Mechanical Forms, 1923
Graphite and white opaque watercolor
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Max Ernst
German, 1891–1976
Fruits, 1925
Black colored pencil or crayon frottage
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.846
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Max Ernst / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Giorgio Vasari
Italian, 1511–1574
The conversion of Saint Paul, 1554
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, with splatters of gray, green, and pink paint, over black chalk, squared in black chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.872
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department