Leonardo to Van Gogh: Master Drawings from Budapest
May 12 – July 14, 1985
West Building, Ground Floor, Graphics Galleries GS-1, GS-2, GS-3, GS-4 (2,500 sq. ft.)
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
Overview: 100 drawings by 36 European artists from the early 15th to the late 19th century were presented chronologically. They were on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Organization: Curators were Teréz Gerszi in Budapest, and Andrew Robison and Diane De Grazia at the Gallery. The exhibition was organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by grants from Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Attendance: 94,084
Catalog: Leonardo to Van Gogh: Master Drawings from Budapest, by Teréz Gerszi. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.
Other Venues: Art Institute of Chicago, July 27–September 22, 1985
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 10–December 8, 1985