Hand & Eye: Drawing from the Permanent Collections

May 1, 2008 – September 7, 2008
Print Gallery

Hand & Eye: Drawing from the Permanent Collections features 28 drawings, drawing-based prints, and works about drawing from the Art Center’s permanent collections, dating from the 17th century to the present. The exhibition features work by Des Moines-based artist Alex Brown, as well as work by Edward Burne-Jones, Russell Cowles, Gasparo Diziani, David Dunlap, Pietro Guccione, Ann Hamilton, George Overbury “Pop” Hart, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Jeanne Mammen, Irving Norman, Joseph Patrick, Diego Rivera, Susan Rothenberg, Egon Schiele, and Joseph Yoakum.

Hand & Eye: Drawing from the Permanent Collections was organized by Amy N. Worthen, curator of prints, in conjunction with Iowa Artists 2008: Drawing, at the Des Moines Art Center Downtown.

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Gallery Talk
Amy Worthen, Curator of Prints
Thursday, July 10, 6:30 pm
Print Gallery
FREE Admission

Join Amy Worthen as she discusses the works in Hand & Eye: Drawing from the Permanent Collections.

About Print Club

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Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)Trauerendes Paar (Mourning Couple), 1919
Charcoal on paper 16 x 17 inches
Des Moines Art Center’s Louise Noun Collection of Art by Women through Bequest, 2003.330

Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820-76) Hadjoutes, 1856
Charcoal and pencil on paper 9 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Carl Weeks, 1954.156

Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898) Head of a Girl, 1890
Pencil on paper 9 1/2 x 7 11/16 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections;
Purchased with funds from the Edith M. Usry Bequest in Memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Franklin Usry, 1979.63

Henri Laurens (French, 1885–1954) La Joueuse de Guitare (The Guitar Player), 1919 Fruitwood
Nathan Emory Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center; Purchased with funds from the Coffin Fine Arts Trust, 1964.141