by Lisa A. Banner,
with contributions by Jonathan Brown, Robert S. Lubar, and Pierre Rosenberg
192 pp., illus. (154 color; 12 b/w)
New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with Princeton University Art
Museum;
ISBN: 9780300149319 (softcover, with flaps)
Beautiful oversized (9 3/4 x 11 1/2) book.
"The Princeton University Art
Museum's collection of Spanish drawings includes masterworks by artists such as
Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Francisco Goya
(1746-1828), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). Although many
of the drawings in the collection relate to celebrated paintings, commissions, and
other works by these artists, they remain largely unknown. Most have not been
published previously and many are attributed here for the first time.
In Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum, preeminent scholars
enrich the growing corpus of work on Spanish drawings with original research. Each
of the 95 drawings is reproduced in color, often accompanied by comparative
illustrations. Watermarks have been documented with beta radiography and are
included in an appendix. Provenances and artist biographies round out this detailed
record of one of the most important collections of its kind."
New / unused.