While
often viewed and studied separately, drawings and prints have always been
closely intertwined. They facilitated and generated the production of one
another, and in some instances, clear distinctions between the two dissolved.
Many artists created drawings specifically intended for translation into
print, and while an even greater number used prints as a training tool, copying
from them to hone drawing skills. This reciprocal relationship goes even
deeper, however, as innovative artists made created fascinating hybrid
works that blurred the boundaries between the two media, pushing against
modern definitions and hierarchies.



Lines of Connection
charts these historical and geographical continuities for the first time by
bringing together works on paper of superb quality, foregrounding issues of
artistic process and collaboration, technical innovation, and creative
ingenuity. Featuring over 170 prints and drawings by such artists as Albrecht
Durer, Parmigianino, Hendrick Goltzius, Maria Sibylla Merian, Rembrandt van
Rijn, and William Blake, this catalogue is a rich narrative introduction to
the compelling, yet understudied, relationship between drawing and
printmaking.