Once Upon a Time: Prints and Drawings That Tell Stories
Dec 21, 2011 - Jun 24, 2012
Telling stories through prints and drawings is the subject of this exhibition consisting of works from the DIA's collection. It includes selections from familiar series, portfolios, and books, as well as several examples that have rarely or never been seen at the museum. Among them are David Hockney鈥檚 etchings from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, a volume of Moby Dick with illustrations by Norman Rockwell, a copy of the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle, Wassily Kandinsky鈥檚 Klange, Henri Matisse鈥檚 Parsiphal, Jim Dine鈥檚 Picture of Dorian Gray, and many more European and American works on paper from a variety of eras.
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Telling stories through prints and drawings is the subject of this exhibition consisting of works from the DIA's collection. It includes selections from familiar series, portfolios, and books, as well as several examples that have rarely or never been seen at the museum. Among them are David Hockney鈥檚 etchings from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, a volume of Moby Dick with illustrations by Norman Rockwell, a copy of the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle, Wassily Kandinsky鈥檚 Klange, Henri Matisse鈥檚 Parsiphal, Jim Dine鈥檚 Picture of Dorian Gray, and many more European and American works on paper from a variety of eras.
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Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday - Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI, USA 48202
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