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ABELES, SIGMUND
American, born 1934
Wedding Replies Until Late at Night
9/21/1978
Silverpoint
Gift of the artist
1991.140
© Sigmund Abeles

15 x 11 13/16 ins. (38.0 x 30.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

ACHESON, JAMES
English, born 1946
Sketch for Glenn Close ‘Madame de Merteuil’ Costume
1987
Pencil, ink, crayon and gouache on light brown paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2013.049

16 5/8 x 11 ¾ ins. (42.1 x 29.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

Attributed to BOTH, JAN
Dutch, 1615 - 1652
Landscape with ruins

Pen and brown ink, and wash
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.005

Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist

Attributed to PREISSLER, JOHANN DANIEL after BARTHOLOMAEUS SPRANGER [1546 - before 1611]
German, 1666 - 1737
Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist

Pen and brown ink over pencil; squared in pencil and pricked for transfer
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.078

6 3/16 x 5 ins. (15.7 x 12.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

AVERY, MILTON
American, 1885 - 1965
Landscape in Blue and Green
1957
Watercolor, gouache, and oil on paper
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
1973.466
© Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

19 1/2 x 25 1/2 ins. (50.7 x 66.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BASKIN, LEONARD
American, 1922 - 2000
Man in Green

Watercolor on paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2021.061
© Estate of Leonard Baskin

Framed: 37 3/4 x 29 3/4 ins. (95.8 x 75.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BAZZANI, LUIGI
Italian, 1836 – 1927
Via delle Tombe in Pompei
1906
Watercolor
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2021.040

Image: 14 3/8 x 19 15/16 ins. (36.5 x 50.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BEAL, REYNOLDS
American, 1866 - 1951
Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
1924
Watercolor
Gift of William R. Beal and Gifford R. Beal Jr.
1994.191

Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 57.2 cm) [irreg.]

Drawings and Watercolors

BEAL, REYNOLDS
American, 1866 - 1951
Hippodrome Shows, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1945
Watercolor and red conté crayon on paper
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
1998.025

Sight: 6 3/4 x 10 ins. (17.0 x 25.3 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BENTON, THOMAS HART
American, 1889 - 1975
Preliminary study for one panel of The Social History of the State of Indiana
1933
Graphite on tissue paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2017.037
© Thomas H. Benton Trust / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

10 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins. (27.2 x 24.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM
Dutch, 1564 - 1651
Two beggars

Pen and ink
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.038

Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/16 ins. (11.4 x 8.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BLUEMNER, OSCAR
American, 1867 - 1938
Palisades
1909
Pencil on paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2012.048

5 5/16 x 6 3/8 ins. (13.7 x 16.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BRICHER, ALFRED THOMPSON
American, 1837 - 1908
Seascape
1870
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
1998.029

Sight: 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (18.9 x 36.9 cm); Framed: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 ins. (46.5 x 64.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

BUYTEWECH, WILLIAM
Dutch, 1591 - 1624
Three men by a tree

Black chalk on blue paper
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.006

6 1/16 x 5 5/16 ins. (15.5 x 13.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CANNON, TOMMY WAYNE called T.C. CANNON
American, 1946 - 1978
Self-portrait
1970
Blue ink on paper
Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment
2016.227
© Joyce Cannon Yi

Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (27.2 x 21.8 cm); Image: 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 ins. [irreg.] (10.3 x 9.4 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CANNON, TOMMY WAYNE called T.C. CANNON
American, 1946 - 1978
Kiowa

Pencil on paper
Muscarelle Museum of Art Foundation
2016.228

Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (27.3 x 21.0 cm); Image: 3 x 2 1/8 ins. (7.7 x 5.4 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CARDI, LODOVICO called IL CIGOLI
Italian, 1559 - 1613
A Man Operating Cigoli’s Drawing Apparatus
1606 - 1613
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on white paper
Gift of Manfred Brockhaus
2010.002

5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins. (14.4 x 19.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CARREÑO, MARIO
Chilean, born Cuba, 1913 - 1999
Female Figures
1970
Black ink on buff-colored paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2021.065
© Estate of Mario Carreño / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 16 ½ x 11 3/4 ins (42 x 30 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors, Recent Acquisitions

CASSATT, MARY
American, 1844 - 1926
Margot in a Floppy Bonnet (No. 3)
c. 1903 - 1904
Pencil on paper
Purchase, Joseph & Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
2001.014
Public Domain

Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (28.9 x 20.0 cm); Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 ins. (22.2 x 15.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CESARI, GIUSEPPE called CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
Italian, c. 1568 - 1640
Untitled
c. 1600 - 1620
Red chalk on paper
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
2003.006

Sight: 6 1/8 x 4 ins. (15.5 x 10.2 cm); Frame: 12 x 10 1/2 ins. (30.5 x 26.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

Circle of CARACCIOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Italian, 1570 - 1637
Head of a young boy

Pen and brown ink
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
1988.043

Sheet: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. (16.6 x 15.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

Circle of FALCONE, ANIELLO
Italian, 1607 - 1656
Reclining figure of a man on his back

Red chalk
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.079

Sight: 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 ins. (19.1 x 26.9 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
American, 1883 - 1980
Portrait of Arthur Clark Brown
c. 1897
Charcoal
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.063

Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CLEMENT, SHIRLEY
American, 1922 - 2002
The Blue Hat
c. 1967
Watercolor on paper
Gift of the National Academy of Design, Henry W. Ranger Fund
1971.001
© Artist’s estate

Sight: 18 11/16 x 26 13/16 ins. (47.5 x 60.1 cm); Framed: 29 1/8 x 37 1/4 ins. (73.7 x 94.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

CLONNEY, JAMES GOODWYN
American, 1812 - 1867
Two Studies of Men

Pencil
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.001

Sight: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 ins. (18.5 x 24.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DANDINI, OTTAVIANO
Italian, c. 1681 - 1750
Studies for a youth from the left and Studies of arms of a figure playing a violin; Offset of a right hand

Red chalk
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.089

Sheet: 8 x 11 7/6 ins. (20.3 x 29.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DAVID, JACQUES LOUIS
French, 1748 - 1825
Study of the Battle of the Greeks and Amazons from an antique sarcophagus
c. 1775 - 1780
Pencil, pen, and wash
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.044

Sight: 4 15/16 x 7 15/16 ins. (12.5 x 20.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DAVIES, ARTHUR B.
American, 1862 - 1928
Seated female nude

Charcoal and white chalk on tan paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nash Castro in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Niles M. Davies, Jr.
2009.020
© Estate of Arthur B. Davies

12 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins. (31.6 x 26.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DIAL, THORNTON
American, 1928 - 2016
Life is Altogether
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2020.010
© Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DIZIANI, GASPARE
Italian, 1689 - 1767
The Sacrifice of Isaac
c. 1750
Pen and brown ink
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2013.005

8 3/8 x 6 ¾ ins. (21.3 x 17.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DOLNICK, JUDITH
American, born 1934
Untitled

Watercolor on paper
Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates
2001.001
© Judith Dolnick

Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DORNER, JOHANN JACOB THE ELDER
German, 1741 - 1813
South German farm scene

Pen and ink, and wash
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.029

Sight: 6 3/4 x 8 13/16 ins. (17.1 x 22.4 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DUFY, JEAN
French, 1888 - 1964
Boquet de Roses et de Marguerites (Bouquet of Roses and Daisies)
1926
Watercolor on paper
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
1984.023
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 18 15/16 x 25 1/8 ins. (48.1 x 63.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

FAIRLAMB, GUY S.
American, born 1932
Sketches of lacrosse players
1981
Pen and ink
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.024

11 x 8 5/8 ins. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

GREEN, JASHA
American, 1923 - 2006
Untitled
1984
Watercolor, charcoal, acrylic, and pencil on Fabriano paper
Gift of Stephen M. Smith
1984.115

39 1/4 x 27 5/8 ins. (99.6 x 70.1 cm); Framed: 47 x 34 3/4 ins. (119.2 x 88.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

GROHS, HANS
German, 1892 - 1981
Morning Prayer – Gunnar Holm

Watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
1993.327
© Frauken Grohs-Collinson Grohs Collection Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

GROHS, HANS
German, 1892 - 1981
Sky Dance over a Silent Earth
1967
Pen and ink, and gouache
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
1993.333
© Frauken Grohs-Collinson Grohs Collection Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HARDY, THOMAS BUSH
English, 1842 - 1897
Seascape
1891
Watercolor
Gift of Jane Spurling
2013.007

10 1/4 x 22 1/4 ins. (26.2 x 56.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HARPIGNIES, HENRI-JOSEPH
French, 1819 - 1916
Mer et Rocher à Menton (Rocky Coast Near Menton)
1904
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
1983.022

Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 5/8 ins. (16.1 x 24.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HATCH, EMILY NICHOLS
American, 1871 - 1959
Studies of a man with gun and a woman with a parasol

Pencil
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.087

Sheet: 10 3/8 x 11 11/16 ins. (26.4 x 29.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HENRI, ROBERT
American, 1865 - 1929
Female figure on bed

Pencil
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.062

Sight: 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 ins. (20.0 x 26.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HÉROLD, JACQUES
French, 1910 - 1987
Liseuse d’Aigle (Reader of the Eagle)
1943
Oil and pencil on press board
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1996.081

25 9/16 x 19 9/16 ins. (65.0 x 49.7 cm); Framed: 35 1/8 x 27 3/8 ins. (89.1 x 69 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HERZOG, HERMAN
American, 1831 - 1932
Lake George, New York

Pencil on paper
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
1998.030

Sight: 3 7/8 x 6 1/8 ins. (9.9 x 15.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HERZOG, HERMAN
American, 1831 - 1932
Alpine Lake

Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
1998.031

Sight: 8 1/4 x 11 3/8 ins. (20.5 x 28.9 cm); Framed: 17 3/4 x 20 7/8 ins. (45.1 x 53.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HERZOG, LEWIS
American, 1868 - 1943
A Mountain Valley

Pen and ink, heightened with white chalk
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.082

Sight: 7 1/2 x 11 13/16 ins. (19.0 x 30.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HOREMANS, PETER JACOB
German, 1700 - 1776
Woman with pitcher in hand and young man’s head

Red chalk on paper
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
1997.007

12 7/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (31.6 x 19.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS
American, 1824 - 1879
Promontory by the American Falls, Niagara
1878
Charcoal on light gray paper
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.225

Sight: 10 3/16 x 15 5/8 ins. (25.4 x 39.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE
French, 1780 - 1867
Study for an anguished woman for the Martyrdom of St. Symphorien
1824
Black chalk
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2014.020

Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 17.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

JACKSON, A.B.
American, 1925 - 1981
Porch Lady
1960s
Watercolor, chalk, and colored pencil
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.068
© Estate of A.B. Jackson

Sight: 9 5/16 x 7 9/16 ins. (23.5 x 19.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

JONES, LOÏS MAILOU
American, 1905 - 1998
Mme. Feugeront à Cabris, AM
1950
Watercolor on wove paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2021.004
© Estate of Loïs Mailou Jones, Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust

Framed: 27 1/4 x 32 1/4 ins. (69.3 x 82.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

LAZZELL, BLANCHE
American, 1878 - 1956
Abstraction
4/1929
Watercolor and pencil
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund and Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
1984.002
© Estate of Blanche Lazzell

Sheet: 9 x 5 7/8 ins. (22.8 x 15.9 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MARINI, MARINO
Italian, 1901 - 1980
Horse and Rider
1953
India ink and body color on paper
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
2003.004

Sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 ins. (61.9 x 43.2 cm); Image: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 36.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MARTIN, AGNES BERNICE
American, 1912 - 2004
Untitled
1978
Watercolor and ink on rice paper
Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund
1987.016
© Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 12 1/8 x 12 ins. (30.7 x 30.5 cm); Framed: 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (39.0 x 39.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MATSON, GRETA
American, 1915 - 2004
Portrait of an old woman

Pencil, crayon, and ink on paper
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
1997.011

14 x 11 7/8 ins. (35.6 x 30.3 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MEERT, JOSEPH
American, 1905 - 1989
Untitled
c. 1950
Watercolor on paper with pencil signature and interior inscription
Gift of Christian Vinyard
2014.038

4 ½ x 6 ins. (11.6 x 15.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MIEREVELT, MICHEL VAN
Dutch, 1567 - 1641
Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden (1594 – 1632)

Black chalk
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.076

Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 7/8 ins. (21.7 x 17.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MORGENSTERN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH
German, 1777 - 1844
Study of two women and a man with a dog

Graphite
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.012

Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MURA, FRANCESCO DE
Italian, 1696 - 1784
St. Vincent Ferrer preaching

Pen and ink, and wash
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.074

Sight: 7 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (20.0 x 13.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MYERS, JEROME
American, 1867 - 1940
Group of People
n.d.
Watercolor and graphite
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
2022.083
© Estate of Jerome Myers

8 5/16 x 10 13/16 ins. (21.5 x 27.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

MYERS, JEROME
American, 1867 - 1940
Virginia with Hair Band
1911
Black and colored chalk
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
2022.084
© Estate of Jerome Myers

14 15/16 x 11 9/16 ins. (37.9 x 29.4 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL
English, 1828 - 1882
Mnemosyne
c. 1878-1881
Graphite on paper
Gift of Sheila (W&M ’78) and Terry Meyers (Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus)
2018.014

7 1/8 x 4 3/8 (18.2 x 11.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

ROVERE, GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA called IL FLAMMENGHINO
Italian, c. 1561 - 1627
The parable of Lazarus at the rich man’s banquet

Pen and ink, and wash
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.083

Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.1 x 29.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

ROWLANDSON, THOMAS
English, 1756 - 1827
Three Figures of Men Studying Bartolozzi’s Drawing Book
After 1793
Black chalk
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.046

Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

ROWLANDSON, THOMAS
English, 1756 - 1827
The Hôtel de Flandre, Brussels
1776
Pen and ink, and watercolor
Purchase; Richard Edward Powell, Jr. '85 Memorial Fund
1996.001

8 1/2 x 11 5/16 ins. (21.7 x 28.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

SALLAERT, ANTOINE
Flemish, 1590 - 1657
Seated figure of a cleric having a vision

White gouache and dark brown wash on light brown, prepared paper
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
1993.059

Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 ins. (21.0 x 15.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
American, born Cuba, 1921 - 1999
New Skyscraper

Watercolor on heavy paper
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2020.028
© Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Framed: 59 1/2 x 40 ins. (151.1 x 102.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
American, born 1940
Dragonfly Rises to the Dance
2003
Charcoal and pencil
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
2008.197
© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York