THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
Today’s show: “Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints” is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles through Sunday, May 15. The exhibition brings together over 70 works on paper, all produced in shades of black, by some the 19th century’s greatest artists, including Georges Seurat, Edgar Degas, Odilon Redon, Goya, and Honoré Daumier.
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Georges Seurat, Poplars, ca. 1883–84, Conte crayon.
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Odilon Redon, The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts toward Infinity, 1882, plate I from "To Edgar Poe," lithograph on chine collé.
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Odilon Redon, Christ, 1887, lithograph on laid paper.
HAMMER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES, COLLECTION UCLA GRUNWALD CENTER FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS, GIFT OF MR. AND MRS. FRED GRUNWALD
Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, Le 15 Avril 1834, 1834, lithograph on wove paper.
HAMMER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELESTHE ARMAND HAMMER DAUMIER AND CONTEMPORARIES COLLECTION, GIFT OF DR. ARMAND HAMMER
Francisco de Goya, A Way of Flying, plate 13 from "Los Proverbios," 1864, etching and aquatint on wove paper.
POMONA COLLEGE COLLECTION, GIFT OF MR. NORTON SIMON
Edgar Degas, Actresses in their Dressing Rooms, 1879–80, etching and aquatint on wove paper.
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Georges Seurat, Woman Strolling (Une élégante), ca. 1884, Conté crayon.
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Georges Seurat, Madame Seurat, mère (Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother), ca. 1882–83, Conté crayon.
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Odilon Redon, Apparition, ca. 1880–90, vine charcoal, powdered vine charcoal with stumping and yellow pastel.
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Charles Meryon, The Vampire, 1855, etching with verses on greenish paper with plate tone.
RICHARD A. SIMMS COLLECTION
Émile-Jules Pichot, Nude Study of an Indian Man, ca. 1878–79, charcoal and powdered vine charcoal with stumping and lifting on laid paper.
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Henri Guérard, My Guilty Hand, before 1888, hand print in black ink on light brown wove paper.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, GRAPHIC ARTS COUNCIL FUND