Master Drawings Take Over Madison Avenue

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Master Drawings New York (MDNY) has announced its 2023 exhibitor list, expanding to 25 participants from last year’s 21. The fair will return to Manhattan’s Upper East Side from Friday, January 20 through Saturday, January 28, 2023.

Master drawings
Orazio Samacchini (1532-1577), “The Flight of Daedalus and Icarus Black,” 1560, Black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper, partially squared in black chalk, Colnaghi New York, 8 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. • 222 x 387 mm

From the organizers:

Now in its 17th year, the annual week-long event includes a focused series of exhibitions by New York-based galleries, pop-up exhibitions by leading dealers from Europe, and special presentations mounted in private spaces. Located largely along Madison Avenue, the exhibitions will feature an outstanding array of drawings, paintings, watercolors, and sculptures from the 14th to the 21st centuries.

Master drawings
François Boucher (1703 – 1770), Study of Mars for “Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan”, Circa 1754, Black chalk, white chalk, with highlights in pastel on beige, once greyish-blue, paper, Didier Aaron, 10 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. • 255 x 245 mm
Sorolla painting
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1911-1919), Sketch for the Provinces of Spain. Basque Provinces, Navarre and Aragon, Gouache on paper, 106 x 110 cm, Hispanic Society Museum & Library (A1521)
Master paintings
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), “The North Front of Chalfont Lodge Buckinghamshire,” circa 1799, Watercolor over traces of pencil heightened with bodycolor, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. • 420 x 549 mm

Reflecting on the announcement, Crispian Riley-Smith, Managing Director and CEO of MDNY said: “Master Drawings New York is such a unique event. It’s wonderful to see devoted followers—from museum curators and collectors to interior designers—and new visitors embrace the medium of drawing in the late days of January each year. We look forward to an even larger fair this year, with several new exhibitors such as Patrick Bourne & Co., Marty de Cambiaire, Colnaghi Elliott Master Drawings, Henrique Faria + Herlitzka & Co., The Fine Art Society, David Nolan Gallery, and Sprüth Magers.

“The branding of the event is Master Drawings, but we are proud to have developed over the years, and to include Master Paintings, Sculptures, and Photographs in this year’s iteration. There is also an exceptional lineup of exciting programming with our institutional partners not to be missed!”

For more details, please visit masterdrawingsnewyork.com.


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