Works on Paper - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Graphic arts comprise a large part of the museum’s collection, which reveals the central importance of works on paper for American artists, both as studies for creations in other media and as finished works of art.
Collecting guide: works on paper - Christie's
2024年12月5日 · The phrase works on paper encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawings and paintings to prints and multiples. Traditionally, artists utilize paper to test out new strategies or think through a larger idea with the immediacy of pencil and charcoal.
Drawings and Prints | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day.
Works on Paper in the Collection - Grand Valley State University
Work on paper is a broad phrase that indicates any artwork that uses paper as its main substrate. The term refers to all artworks that are created on paper as a medium, whether the paper is drawn on with pastels, pencils, ink, or charcoal. Works on paper also include prints and collages.
A Guide to Works on Paper | M.S. Rau
2022年5月3日 · The phrase “works on paper” encompasses objects of diverse media on a paper substrate—original drawings, paintings and mixed-media compositions, as well as printed images produced in editions. Works on paper are held in museum and library collections around the globe, where visitors can study precious drawings and prints by appointment.
Works on Paper: A Complete Collection Guide to Works on Paper
Works on paper allow Collectors to acquire the works of artists who are otherwise unreachable. This includes artists whose works seldom appear on the art market or contemporary or new media works that are hard to collect, like graffiti or installation.
Works on Paper | The University of Arizona Museum of Art
Half of the UAMA collection is comprised of works on paper including watercolors, drawings, etchings, prints of various mediums, and photographs.
Met Museum Celebrates 100 Years of Collecting Works on Paper …
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s department of prints—one of the most comprehensive and distinguished collections of works of art on paper in the world—a diverse roster of exhibitions and related programs has been organized, to take place over the course of the next year.
A Decade of Acquisitions of Works on Paper - Hammer Museum
2022年5月1日 · The inaugural presentation in the Hammer Museum’s new works on paper gallery highlights acquisitions of prints and drawings from 2012 to the present. Over the last decade, through purchases and many generous gifts, the museum …
Paper Conservation | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Works on paper, parchment and related natural and synthetic materials are among the most sensitive objects in The Met’s collection due to the physical and chemical nature of their substrates and the variety of organic and inorganic media comprising their design layer.