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

Claes Oldenburg
American, b. 1929
Typewriter Eraser, 1977
Crayon and watercolor
Gray Family Collection
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Claes Oldenburg
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696–1770
Democritus and Heraclitus laughing and sorrowing over the follies of the world, 1742–43
Black chalk, with pen and black and brown ink, and brush and brown washes, 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.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Italian, 1727–1804
Punchinello collapses on the road, ca. 1797–1804
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown washes, over traces of charcoal
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.869
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio
Italian, ca. 1499–ca. 1543
The Lamentation of Christ, ca. 1527–35
Pen and brown ink, with splatters of green, gray, and pink paint, and touches of white opaque watercolor
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.837
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Vasily Kandinsky
Russian, 1866–1944
Untitled, ca. 1915
Watercolor and opaque watercolor
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray in memory of Buddy Mayer; 2018.753
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Vasily Kandinsky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Italian, 1697–1768
The Riva degli Schiavoni seen from the market at the pier, after 1755
Pen and iron- gall ink, and brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.836
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.

Johan Tobias Sergel
Swedish, 1740–1814
Achilles restrained by Athena in Agamemnon’s tent, from “The Iliad,” Book I, 1765–66
Black chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.887
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Jacques Louis David
French, 1748–1825
Nude soldiers gesticulating with their weapons, 1796–97
Black chalk, and pen and ink, with touches of white chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.841
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Hendrik Goltzius
Dutch, 1558–1617
Bust of a warrior, ca. 1597–1600
Black chalk, with red chalk, and touches of white chalk
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.849
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department

Roy Lichtenstein
American, 1923–1997
Study for “Interior with Ajax,” 1997
Graphite and colored pencil on page removed from a sketchbook
Richard and Mary L. Gray, promised gift to the Morgan Library & Museum
Gray Collection Trust, Art Institute of Chicago
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Photography by Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics Inc.