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Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift

June 7 through October 6, 2024

The Morgan celebrates the 100th year of its founding with a series of exhibitions devoted to promised gifts to the museum, including twenty-eight drawings from the holdings of New York–based collectors Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard. The selection comprises drawings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century that exemplify the sense of wonder that underlies the Eveillards’ collecting practice. Describing it, Betty Eveillard has quoted the eighteenth-century French philosopher, Denis Diderot: “Perhaps we find sketches so attractive only because, being somewhat indeterminate, they allow more liberty to our imagination.” The exhibition includes a study for Rembrandt’s first masterpiece; Greuze’s virtuoso depiction of a young cook made for his friend Jean-Georges Wille; Delacroix’s intimate portrait of Jenny, his confidante and caretaker; and a striking watercolor landscape by Cézanne. Also in the gift are significant sheets by major artists such as Rubens, Guercino, Jordaens, Watteau, Géricault, Constable, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin, Vuillard, Bonnard, and Gris, including many rarely seen drawings. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift is organized by John Marciari, Charles W. Engelhard Curator, Department Head of Drawings and Prints, and Curatorial Chair, and Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator of Drawings and Prints.

Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift is supported by Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore II and the Lucy Ricciardi Family Exhibition Fund. Additional support is provided by Diane A. Nixon, with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Randall Barbato, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey, and Jane Richards. The exhibition is a program of the Morgan Drawing Institute.

Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)
A Kitchen Cook, Reading, 1759
Black, white and red chalk, with smudging, on light brown paper.
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of the Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

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Selected Images

Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805)
A Kitchen Cook, Reading, 1759
Black, white and red chalk, with smudging, on light brown paper.
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Studies for the “Arrest of Samson,” ca. 1609–11
Pen and brown ink and brown and gray wash.
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Antonio d’Enrico, called Tanzio da Varallo (Italian, ca. 1575–ca. 1635)
St. John the Baptist, ca. 1620
Red chalk and white opaque watercolor on pink prepared paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Study for “Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver,” ca. 1628–29
Pen and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino (Italian, 1591–1666)
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Burnoose, ca. 1630–35
Pen and brown ink
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)
Study of a Bearded Man, ca. 1640
Black chalk on light brown paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Charles Mellin (French, 1597–1649)
The Presentation in the Temple, ca. 1643
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593–1678)
Draped Woman Seen from Behind, ca. 1651–52
Black, white, and red chalk and gray wash on brown paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Charles de la Fosse (French, 1636–1716)
A Kneeling Man, Supplicating, and a Man Gesturing to the Right, 1680s
Black, red, and white chalk
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
Studies of Two Heads and an Arm, 1718–19
Black, red, and white chalk, and graphite on buff paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Pierre Subleyras (French, 1699–1749)
A Reclining Man, 1746
Black and white chalk on green-gray prepared paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Théodore Géricault (French, 1791– 1824)
Three Men Unloading a Horse-Drawn Cart, ca. 1820–21
Watercolor over black chalk on light brown paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

John Constable (British, 1776–1837)
Warwick Castle from the Kenilworth Road, ca. 1831–32
Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and black ink over black chalk, with scratching
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Portrait of Jenny Le Guillou, ca. 1835–40
Brown wash over graphite, on paper brushed and darkened from adhesive
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and JeanMarie Eveillard.

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
Studies of Horses, 1866–68
Graphite on blued white wove paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
Clouds over a Lake, ca. 1890–95
Watercolor
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
Trees at the Edge of a Lake, ca. 1890–95
Watercolor
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
A Man Walking Seen from Behind, ca. 1884
Black Conté crayon on Michallet paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)
Study for “The Dining Room,” 1886–87
Pen and black ink and gray wash
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Portrait of a Tahitian Child (Fare), ca. 1891
Graphite and pen and brown ink
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)
View along a Riverbank, ca. 1890
Watercolor over graphite
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
Study of Marcelle Lender Performing, 1893
Red chalk over graphite
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)
Sleeping Female Figure, 1890s
Graphite with smudging and erasures
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
The Dream, ca. 1900–1910
Watercolor over graphite
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)
Madame Vuillard Preparing Green Beans, 1898
Pastel on gray paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927)
Seated Woman, 1918
Graphite on cream paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)
Self-Portrait, 1925
Charcoal
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard.

Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947)
Nude in a Bathtub, ca. 1924
Charcoal on beige paper
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, promised gift of Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard. Photography by Janny Chiu © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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