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Drawn to greatness: master drawings from the Thaw collection

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This exhibition highlights more than 150 master drawings from the Thaw Collection, one of the world's finest private collections containing over 400 sheets. Assembled over the last fifty years, and made a promised gift to the Morgan in 1975, the collection has now been given in full to the museum by Life Trustee Eugene V. Thaw and his wife, Clare. 'Drawn to Greatness' focuses on pivotal artists and key moments in the history of draftsmanship. Works by major masters from the Renaissance to the modern era will be on view, including Mantegna, Rubens, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Piranesi, Watteau, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Turner, Daumier, Redon, Degas, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock. -- Exhibition: Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA (29.09.2017-07..01.2018) / Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA (03.02.-29.04.2018).

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    New York, New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, [2017]

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    1400-1975

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    • 9780875981826
    • 0875981828

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    • Full descriptions and images available at themorgan.org
    • "Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, 29 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, and the Clark Art Institute, 3 February to 29 April 2018"--Page [6].

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