Drawing Is Everything

A celebration of the stunning collection of artworks donated in honor of the creation of The Menil Drawing Institute

Featuring outstanding 20th-century drawings promised or bequeathed to the Menil Collection for the opening of the Menil Drawing Institute, this elegant volume is a testament to the growing significance of drawings as stand-alone artworks over the past century. The drawings come from the private collections of well-known connoisseurs Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney, and include works by artists such as Bruce Nauman, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Eva Hesse, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Jackson Pollock. Its chief curator Edouard Kopp profiles the Drawing Institute’s nature and scope, and noted scholars John Elderfield and Richard Shiff discuss historical aspects of drawing, while Terry Winters muses from an artist’s viewpoint.

O celebrare a colectiei uimitoare de lucrari de arta donate in cinstea creatiei Institutului de desen Menil. Cu desene remarcabile din secolul al XX-lea promise sau lasate mostenire Colectiei Menil pentru deschiderea Institutului de desen Menil, acest volum elegant este o dovada a cresterii semnificatia desenelor ca opere de arta de sine statatoare in secolul trecut.