Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art

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This volume offers a lavish introduction to a prominent American collection of works on paper, featuring an introduction by the Cleveland Museum of Art's chief curator, Diane De Grazia, alongside insights from senior staff. The collection spans over 500 years and includes significant studies by Michelangelo and Dürer, early Baroque drawings by Barocci and Guercino, and social observation masterpieces by Goya and Daumier. Notable pieces from nineteenth-century French masters like Géricault, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec are also highlighted, alongside works by twentieth-century icons such as Picasso and Paul Klee. Produced to accompany an exhibition of these rarely seen artworks, the volume will be showcased in Cleveland before traveling to the Morgan Library in New York. It promises to be a cherished addition for enthusiasts of drawing. Diane De Grazia specializes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian art, while Carter E. Foster focuses on eighteenth-century French art. The book features 130 color illustrations, enhancing the viewer's experience of this remarkable collection.