Prints and Drawings
Prints and Drawings
The collection comprises about thirty thousand works from Western European and America, ranging from some of the earliest examples of printing, in the fifteenth century, to contemporary graphics; and with a special emphasis on Southern California artworks since 1960. Highlights include works by Dürer, Rembrandt, and Goya; Delacroix, Manet, and Toulouse-Lautrec; and Matisse, Picasso, and the Americans John Marin, John Sloan, and Edward Hopper. Works not on view may be viewed by appointment.
Benedetto Luti
New Acquisition: Albrecht Dürer, Saint Jerome in His Study
The foremost artistic personality of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer was an accomplished painter, printmaker, draftsman, and art theorist. His pictorial innovation and technical bravura transformed the arts of woodcut and engraving, elevating their status to transcend their craft origins and setting standards rarely matched in the history of printmaking...
New Acquisition: Robert Rauschenberg, Currents
One of the most important artists of the past century, Robert Rauschenberg famously declared himself to be working “in the gap between art and life.” Currents is a superlative example of this radical approach. Hijacking the immersive scale of abstract expressionism, Rauschenberg channeled the energy and anxiety of the world around him...
