May 29-September 2, 2001
The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, The American Wing
Summer 2001 will mark the inaugural season of a series of annual exhibitions drawn from the Museum's collection of works on paper created by American artists between the 1780s and 1900. This year's presentation of Summer Selections will include some three dozen drawings, watercolors, and pastels of landscape subjects, and will open to the public on May 29, 2001.
Among the artists whose work will be on view in the inaugural installation are Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, George Inness, Winslow Homer, and John La Farge. Future Summer Selections will present other choice examples from the Metropolitan's collection of American works on paper.
The origins of the Metropolitan's collection of American works on paper can be traced to the 1880s – the decade after the Museum was founded. Now numbering more than 1,500 drawings, the Museum's holdings include outstanding examples by some of the nation's preeminent artists. They are on view infrequently because of their sensitivity to light.
The Web site of the Metropolitan Museum (www.metmuseum.org) will feature the exhibition.
The installation is organized by Kevin J. Avery, Associate Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture.
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May 4, 2001