American Drawings and Watercolors of the Twentieth Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art

May 24-September 7, 1987

Overview: 80 representative works by 61 artists from Maurice Prendergast to Jasper Johns were chosen from the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art by its staff members. The exhibition was coordinated by Ruth E. Fine. It was supported by the DuPont Company.

Attendance: 446,649 (105 days)

Location: West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery (3,500 sq. ft.)

Catalogue: 20th-Century Drawings from the Whitney Museum of American Art, by Paul Cummings. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W.W. Norton and Company, 1987.

Brochure: American Drawings and Watercolors of the Twentieth Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987.

Other venues:

Cleveland Museum of Art

September 30-November 8, 1987

Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

March 5-June 5, 1988

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock

June 30-August 28, 1988

Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, Connecticut

November 17, 1988-January 25, 1989

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