"Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery" opens at the Frick Collection

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Parmigianino, Woman Seated on the Ground, c. 1523–24. Black chalk and white gouache on light brown tinted paper, 9 x 6.9 inches© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London. NEW YORK, NY.- In keeping with its tradition of presenting masterworks from collections outside of New York, this fall The Frick Collection presents fifty-eight drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, London. This exhibition marks the first time that so many of the principal drawings in The Courtauld’s renowned collection—one of Britain’s most important—have been made available for loan. The prized sheets—many of which have never been shown in New York— represent a survey of the extraordinary draftsmanship of Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German, Spanish, British, and French artists active between the late Middle Ages and the early twentieth century. The exhibition features works executed in a range of techniques and styles and for a variety of purposes, including preliminary sketches, practice studies, aide-mémoires, designs for other artworks, and finished pictures ... More Footnote: The Bookman saw this exhibition yesterday and warmly recommend visiting The Frick to view it, and many other treasures, if you are in NY.