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Albrecht Durer:
June 4th, 2010 to September 19th, 2010
The Morgan Library & Museum: 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, New York, 10016, United States
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What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things. - Albrecht Durer
The Morgan holds the finest group of drawings in America by the paramount artist of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528). More than a dozen works by this master draftsman will be on view in "What Beauty Is."
Throughout his career, Durer was preoccupied with both the potential of graphic work and the notion of Beauty. He sought to create harmony in his works, particularly in depictions of the figure. Such efforts can be seen in the preparatory drawing for his exceptional engraving Adam and Eve and the print itself, the culmination of his exploration of rational systems of measurement to create the ideal human form. Durer also used drawing to experiment with other types of imagery. Drawings in the exhibition include a portrait in charcoal of his brother Endres, a watercolor for a wall decoration in the Town Hall of Nuremberg, and a figure study for an altarpiece on blue paper.
Accompanying the works on paper will be related material from the Morgan's collection, including a 1532 edition of Durer's treatise on human proportion published in his hometown of Nuremberg. Also on view will be a woodcut, woodblock, and letter to the patron for whom it was made, in which Durer writes, "Please let it be as it is. No one could improve it because it was done artistically and with care. Those who see it and who understand such matters will tell you so."
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