Drawn by New YorkSix Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society
Published by GILES in association with the New-York Historical Society
Publish Date — September 2008 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 448 pages, 292 × 229 mm (9 × 11 ½ in.), portrait
Illustrations — 235 colour and 30 b&w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£44.95 / US$85.00
ISBN — 1-904832-34-2
ISBN — 978-1-904832-34-8
Book Details (pdf) — Drawn_by_New_York_ai.pdf
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“the gorgeously illustrated accompanying catalogue provides informative commentary on each work” Antiques & Fine Art
“I also strongly recommend Ms Olson’s massive and outstanding catalog” The New York Sun
The first extensive catalogue of this significant collection presenting over 200 drawings, watercolours and other works on paper
About the Book
The New-York Historical Society’s drawing collection is one of the earliest assembled in the United States, yet its trove of over 8,000 sheets and 75 rare sketchbooks is surprisingly unknown. Drawn by New York presents over 200 highlights, spanning six centuries, from 16th-century avian watercolours and a Dutch view of New Amsterdam (1650), to the façade of St. Patrick’s Cathedral captured from inside Rockefeller Center by Richard Haas (2002) and representations of the World Trade Center, both before and after September 11th 2001. There are works by Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt and John Singer Sargent, sheets by Asher B. Durand, and a cache of 500 watercolours by John James Audubon (including those for The Birds of America, 1827–38). Over 200 “Outline Drawings” by George Catlin record long-vanished Native American cultures.
The main catalogue features highlights of the most significant works, with an essay about the history of the collection, and the phenomena that influenced the art produced.
Publication accompanies a travelling exhibition which opened at the New-York Historical Society in September 2008 (until January 7 2009), moving to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (August-November 2009) and the Taft Museum of Art (November 2009–February 2010)
