This summer, in tandem with the Clark Center exhibition An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection, get a first look at the thirty-nine drawings included in the Aso O. Tavitian gift of art. The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,800 prints, drawings, and photographs. On three successive Wednesdays in August (August 12, 19, and 26), Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, will present special previews of the drawings from the Aso O. Tavitian gift.
In the second session, take a close look at the eighteenth-century drawings from the Tavitian gift, ranging from battle scenes by Charles Parrocel (French, 1688–1752) to a pair of red-chalk portraits by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805) and a rare figure study on blue paper by Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788).
Capacity is limited—space is first-come, first-served.
Image: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Head of a Girl (detail), c. 1760, red chalk. The Clark, Gift of Aso O. Tavitian Foundation, 2025.1.186
This summer, in tandem with the Clark Center exhibition An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection, get a first look at the thirty-nine drawings included in the Aso O. Tavitian gift of art. The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,800 prints, drawings, and photographs. On three successive Wednesdays in August (August 12, 19, and 26), Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, will present special previews of the drawings from the Aso O. Tavitian gift.
In the second session, take a close look at the eighteenth-century drawings from the Tavitian gift, ranging from battle scenes by Charles Parrocel (French, 1688–1752) to a pair of red-chalk portraits by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805) and a rare figure study on blue paper by Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788).
Capacity is limited—space is first-come, first-served.
Image: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Head of a Girl (detail), c. 1760, red chalk. The Clark, Gift of Aso O. Tavitian Foundation, 2025.1.186
