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 | | Visitors in the Morse Study Room for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. | | Sample a world of works on paper
The Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, which originated in 1887, houses an encyclopedic collection of works on paper—prints, drawings, watercolors, photographs, illustrated books, and posters of American and European origin dating from the fifteenth century to the present. It is one of the world's major print rooms measured by standards of both size and quality. |
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The Morse Study Room for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Selections from the collection are exhibited on a rotating basis in galleries throughout the Museum. Because works on paper are sensitive to the damaging effects of light they are shown only for brief periods at a time. Most works on paper not currently on view, however, may be examined in the Morse Study Room upon request.
The Morse Study Room for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs is located on the first floor of the Museum, near the Lower Rotunda. We are open by appointment Tuesday through Friday, 10:00-12:00 and 1:30-4:00. To make an appointment or for more information please call 617-369-3112 or e-mail Patrick Murphy at pmurphy@mfa.org. |
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Herb Ritts Gallery
The Herb Ritts Gallery is the Museum's first space permanently dedicated to photography. Its upcoming exhibition, "Harry Callahan: American Photographer,"opens Nov 21, 2009. Learn more about the Herb Ritts Gallery. |
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Friends Groups
Join the Print and Drawing Club or the Friends of Photography to support and learn more about the department at the MFA. For more information, please call 617-369-3426 or e-mail Friends-print@mfa.org or Friends-photography@mfa.org. |
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Collection News
Exhibitions
The department has an active schedule of exhibitions. Upcoming exhibitions include "Albrecht Dürer: Virtuoso Printmaker" (Nov 21, 2009 - July 3, 2010), "Harry Callahan: American Photographer" (Nov 21, 2009 - July 3, 2010) and "Café and Cabaret: Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris" (Nov 21, 2009 - Aug 8, 2010).
Old Master Drawings on Loan
A group of 108 Old Master Drawings, by sixteenth and seventeenth-century Dutch artists, is on loan to the Museum from the Maida and George Abrams Collection. The exceptional selection of drawings in a variety of media includes work by Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrik Goltzius, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Jacob van Ruisdael. The drawings may be viewed by appointment in the Morse Study Room.
Gallery Talks
Curators from the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs offer informative gallery talks that feature recent acquisitions, exhibitions, or other highlights of the collection. See the Gallery Talk schedule. |
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Recent Acquisitions
The Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs is pleased to announce highlights from its recent acquisitions. In 2008, the Museum had the rare opportunity to improve its already outstanding Albrecht Dürer collection by adding a fine early impression of The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria, a woodcut dating to about 1498. Another important acquisition was Giorgio Morandi's Still Life with Drapery (1931), one of the artist's most refined etchings and a high point in his exploration of nuances of tone in the printmaking medium. A recently purchased photograph of the street preacher Jean Journet by Félix Nadar, the great nineteenth-century photographer who hosted the first Impressionist exhibition, is a centerpiece in our collection of early French photography. These works may be viewed by appointment in the Morse Study Room. |
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