Shepherd & Derom hosts Margot Gordon and Crispian Riley-Smith, the organizers of Master Drawings New York. Amongst the highlights of their seventh joint exhibition are two gouaches on vellum by Jacob-Philipp Hackert (1737 - 1807). Commissioned by Hackert’s patron,Chevalier Jean- Louis- Antoine le Vaillant de Demaery, these works have been known previously only through prints and are rare examples reflecting the artist’s 1764 sojourn in Sweden. Also known only through prints until now is Faith (circa 1590), a recently discovered drawing by Flemish draughtsman Crispijn van de Passe I. The exhibit features a selection of portrait studies of various periods, including A Young Man in Red Hat, attributed to Lorenzo Lotto by Bernard Berenson. Old Master drawings are represented by a primo pensiero of Virgin and Child with St. Jerome by Andrea Sacchi, an illum ination from the circle of Jean Poyet, a double - sided drawing by Tuscan goldsmith Giovanni Catesi, and a pen- and - ink study by Raphael. Amongst the twentieth century offerings is a fully - realized head study of a sensuous young woman by Gemito dated 1915 and, from mid -century, a Reuben Nakian study for a sculpture.
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Download the Brochure Shepherd & Derom hosts our sixth annual exhibition of Master Drawings in association with Margot Gordon and Crispian Riley-Smith. Recent acquisitions of Italian master works from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries anchor the exhibition. Among the highlights is an important pen and ink drawing of Two Putti by Raphael. Also notable is Guercino’s Head of Saint Matthew, datable to the 1630s. From a private collection in the United Kingdom, this drawing is a recent addition to the oeuvre of Guercino. In addition, a brilliant pastel by Benedetto Luti, Head of a Young Apostle, is presented in its period frame. Also on view is a significant red chalk drawing by Girolamo Muziano, previously in the collection of Philip Pouncey. Among the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Dutch and Northern European drawings that have become a specialty of our past exhibitions is included an interior of Ribe Cathedral by Danish artist Heinrich Hansen (1821-1890), which is reminiscent of the Dutch Golden Age. Leonardo Cremonini, Conrad Marca-Relli and Guiseppe Penone are among the twentieth-century artists represented. Through February 19 2011.
Download the Catalog View images of all objects in the exhibition. Shepherd Gallery is pleased to present our fifth exhibition of the work of George Nama. This installation documents Nama’s working process for Drawing the Bow (Den Bogen spannen), an upcoming artist’s book pairing etchings by Nama with love poems by Alfred Brendel. On view are over 50 gouaches on antique paper made by Nama in preparation for the etchings that will appear in the final publication. A group of Nama’s bronze sculptures, inspired by Brendel’s poems, will also be on view. An illustrated catalogue, with a selection of poems, is available at $15.00 (incl. tax. postpaid) and may also be viewed on the Gallery’s website. The hand-colored, limited edition artist’s book Drawing the Bow / Den Bogen spannen will be available in January 2011. Contact the gallery for further details. Illustration: George Nama, Untitled (2010), 26” x 21” (66 x 53.3 cm). Gouache and charcoal on 19th-century paper.
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MASTER DRAWINGS 2010 “Master Drawings,” in association with Margot Gordon and Crispian Riley-Smith. Recent acquisitions of Dutch and Italian master works from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries anchor the exhibition. Dutch drawings and watercolors include Johan Huibert Prins’ bravura Capriccio View of a Dutch Town, Vincent Jansz. Van der Vinne’s impressive Woodcutters in a Landscape, Joannis Jacobus Bijlaert’s rare View of Delft, Pieter Holsteijn II’s Ram, and one of Jan van Ravenswaay’s largest Farmyard Scenes offered in recent years. Italian drawings include Two Standing Beggars from the circle of Andrea Mantegna, an early, rare red chalk drawing by Altobello Meloni, chalk portraits by Federico Zuccaro and Pietro Faccini, and a charming Virgin and Child by Il Guercino. Jean-Baptiste Pillement’s A Mill Beside a River, an unusually large and striking pastel, is among the French master works on view. Gaston Lachaise, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Jiri Kolar, whose work incorporates images of Old Master paintings, are among the twentieth-century artists represented. Highlights from the gallery’s collection of 19th- and 20th-century sculpture will accompany the exhibition. Through February 20th.
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EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER In keeping with the Man Ray exhibitions currently taking place at the Phillips Collection in Washington, to which we loaned two works from our show, and the Man Ray Retrospective at the Jewish Museum here in New York, we have extended the viewing of our own Man Ray exhibition in the back room of our gallery.
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Download the brochure Shepherd & Derom Galleries 58 East 79th Street, NYC 10075; (212) 861-4050; fax: (212) 772-1314; ; . Tuesday through Saturday, 10-6. "Ching ho Cheng: A Retrospective," Shepherd Gallery's third exhibition of the work of Ching ho Cheng (1946-1989), one of the first acclaimed contemporary Chinese-American artists. Exhibit includes works from his psychedelic period in the late 60s and early 70s to his gouache shadow pieces, torn abstractions, and alchemical works in the 70s and 80s. Cheng was a regular of Max's Kansas City and lived in the Chelsea Hotel during its edgiest, wildest time. His studio there provided subjects for gouaches so delicate they appear as whispers of paint on paper. In the 80s, the artist became intrigued by the spontaneous, accidental effects of torn paper, and his trip to Turkey led to his exploration of the process of oxidation, which resulted in the rust pieces. Featured is the wall-sized "Interrupted Text," a torn work created in collaboration with poet David Rattray. September 25th through November 15th.

BOTANICAL WATERCOLORS BY JESSICA TCHEREPNINE

December 4th, 2008-January 17th, 2009

Shepherd Gallery has held exhibitions of Jessica Tcherepnine's watercolors since 1983. She has received many honors and awards for her watercolors, including two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, London. In addition, one of her watercolors was presented to HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, to commemorate her visit to launch the British Memorial Garden in New York in April 2003. Actively involved in promoting botanical art, Tcherepnine is a founding member of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium. Her work has been selected for inclusion in the Highgrove Florilegium, which records the plants in the garden of HRH, the Prince of Wales, and she is a participating artist of the Filoli Florilegium, California. Her work has been reproduced in numerous articles and books pertaining to botanical art. One-woman exhibitions have been held in New York, London, Paris, and Palm Beach, and her work has been exhibited in group shows in the United States, England, Germany, and Japan. She is a founding member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, and currently serves as a Director of The Horticultural Society of New York. Among the numerous private and public collections throughout the world that include her watercolors are the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh; the National History Museum, London; Linley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society, London; the Shirley Sherwood Collection, and the Benois Family Museum, Peterhof, St. Petersburg. Tcherepnine is a member of the Benois family through her husband, Peter. Her father-in-law was the composer Aleksandr Tcherepnine, who was the son of composer Nikolas Tcherepnine. Aleksandr Tcherepnine was also the nephew of the painter Aleksandr Benois, who was the brother-in-law of the animalier sculptor, Yevgeny Lanceray.