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Collecting African American Art

Collecting African American Art

In acquiring prints and drawings by African American artists, the goal has been to provide a rich cross section of figurative and abstract images that explore the black experience from a variety of perspectives, past and present.
Great British Drawings from the Ashmolean Museum

Great British Drawings from the Ashmolean Museum

British art is the focus of this summer’s special exhibition, which features more than one hundred rarely seen treasures from the renowned collection of some 10,000 works on paper in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
“Remember Me”: Shakespeare and His Legacy

“Remember Me”: Shakespeare and His Legacy

“Remember Me”: Shakespeare and His Legacy showcases works from the Library's Rare Books Division and the Graphic Arts Collection, together with works from the Art Museum and a private collection, to present twenty-two rare books, prints, and drawings in recognition...
Now on View: Recently Acquired Early Work by Elizabeth Catlett

Now on View: Recently Acquired Early Work by Elizabeth Catlett

The Museum has acquired an important early work by the renowned African American artist Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), the fruit of a collaboration with Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology that continues to strengthen Princeton’s art collections.
New Acquisition | Walter Fryer Stocks's Mrs. Fanny Eaton

New Acquisition | Walter Fryer Stocks's Mrs. Fanny Eaton

The Museum recently added to its collections of British art a captivating portrait of the mixed-race model Fanny Eaton that captures a quintessential feature of Pre-Raphaelitism: iconic representations of female beauty.
Intaglio Techniques at Crown Point Press

Intaglio Techniques at Crown Point Press

Innovation in printmaking, from woodblock and lithography to silkscreen and solvent transfers, proliferated in the postwar United States—and nowhere did more remarkable advancements in intaglio technique take place than at Crown Point Press in the 1970s.
Works on Paper Study Room Refurbished

Works on Paper Study Room Refurbished

The Art Museum has recently refurbished its seminar room dedicated to the study of prints and drawings as the Works on Paper Study Room. For the first time, the room will be open to the public through organized tours on...
New Acquisition: Valentine Green mezzotint

New Acquisition: Valentine Green mezzotint

One of the most forwardthinking artists of the eighteenth century, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) was at the heart of England’s advanced scientific and artistic circles—a friend to Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, fellow members of the Lunar Society, a...