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The Artist Project: Nicola López

Artist Nicola López reflects on works on paper in this episode of The Artist Project.
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From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"The speed of the artist's hand is recorded in the paper in a way that not all materials indicate."

Artists Nicola López reflects on works on paper in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Nicola López, born in 1975, is an American artist who works in installation, drawing, and printmaking.

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Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage", Eugène Delacroix French, Graphite; squared in white chalk
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"
Eugène Delacroix
1845
Crouching Tiger, Eugène Delacroix French, Pen and brush and iron gall ink
Crouching Tiger
Eugène Delacroix
1839
Christ in Limbo, Léon Davent French, Etching
Christ in Limbo
Léon Davent
Luca Penni
1546–47
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage", Eugène Delacroix French, Brush and brown ink
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"
Eugène Delacroix
1832–33
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage", Eugène Delacroix French, Graphite
Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"
Eugène Delacroix
ca. 1855–56
May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley, Jacques Callot French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley
Jacques Callot
ca. 1624–25
Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Passion", Albrecht Dürer German, Woodcut
Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Passion"
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1509
May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley, Jacques Callot French, Etching; first state of four (Lieure)
May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley
Jacques Callot
1624–25
Christ in Limbo, Luca Penni Italian, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with brush and white gouache, on paper prepared with pale brown wash; outlines incised for transfer
Christ in Limbo
Luca Penni
ca. 1547–48