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The Toledo Museum of Art

Masterpieces of Modern American Figure Drawings 

Twentieth Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context, a major exhibition of 90 figurative images drawn by American artists between 1900 and 1983, opens in Canaday Gallery at The Toledo Museum of Art on 18 November and continues through 30 December. 

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Charles Dana Gibson, His Granddaughter Discovers that he knows the Words of the Star Spangled Banner, c. 1920s, black ink and pen over pencil on poster board, lent by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The theme of this exhibition is the figure in context - as a major or minor element in landscape, cityscape, interiors, or fantasy designs. The drawings are done in a variety of media including watercolor, pencil, ink, charcoal, and pastel. They range in size from small, intimate sketches to commanding large-scale images with the impact of large contemporary paintings. The survey of diverse drawing styles include turn-of-the-century neo-classicism, photo-realism, caricature, eerie surrealism, and bold abstraction. Featured in the exhibition will be a commercial illustration by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the "Gibson Girl" in fashion; studies of the nude model by Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Pearlstein, Tom Wesselmann, and Mel Ramos (who parodies his inspiration from the great 19th-century French painter J.A.D. Ingres); glimpse of urban life by Stuart Davis, George Grosz, Red Grooms, Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, John Sloan; depictions of acrobats, athletes and dancers by Alexander Calder, George Bellows, and Alfred Leslie; and powerful abstract figures by Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and David Smith. Other artists represented with masterful drawings are Will Barnet, Jack Beal, Sidney Goodman, and contemporary New York graffiti artist Keith Haring. 
This exhibition is circulated under the auspices of the International Exhibition Foundation, Washington, D.C. It is supported, in part, by the Ohio Arts Council. A fully illustrated catalogue, available for purchase at $15.95 in the Museum Bookstore, accompanies the exhibition is $4 for Adult Guided Tours, $3 for Museum members/Senior Citizens/ students (18 and over), $1 for children. Admission is free on Wednesdays except for guided tours. For Adult Group Tour information, call (419) 255-8000, ext. 397 or 352. 

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Sidney Goodman, Study for Three Sisters, 1981, pencil, lent by Terry Dintenfass, Inc., NY