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Saturday, April 23, 2005
Roy Lichtenstein: A New Gift of Drawings
National Gallery of Art: April 23 - July 24, 2005
Roy Lichtenstein Study for "Razzmatazz," 1978 graphite and colored pencils on paper 527 x 756 cm (20 3/4 x 29 inches) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Dorothy Lichtenstein and David and Mitchell Lichtenstein in memory of Jane B. Meyerhoff
Roy Lichtenstein's widow and sons, Dorothy, David and Mitchell, and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation have donated to the National Gallery of Art thirteen drawings that are directly related to eleven of the artist's paintings in the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection. The gift was made in memory of Jane Meyerhoff, who died October 16, 2004, and who, with her husband, in 1987 promised their entire collection of late 20th-century art to the National Gallery of Art. The Lichtenstein drawings, which span two decades, ranging in date from 1973 to 1992, have been rarely exhibited.