Galleries
Prints and Drawings (Room 90), Upper floor
Exhibitions of prints and drawings are changed several times a year because long exposure to light causes works on paper to fade and discolour. More about the gallery
Changing displays
Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite
Until 2 September 2012
The Museum has recently acquired a complete set of Picasso’s Vollard Suite – 100 etchings produced by Picasso between 1930 and 1937. This is the only complete Vollard Suite held by a public museum in the UK. The exhibition will display the suite alongside classical sculpture, Rembrandt etchings and Goya prints – all influences on Picasso in this body of work.
The imagined space: artists in their studios
One of the central themes of Picasso’s Vollard Suite, currently on display in the main gallery, is the artist at work in the studio. In this display Picasso’s idealized vision of his workspace can be compared to diverse representations of imaginary studios by other artists.
Until 15 July 2012
Watercolours and Drawings by Edward Lear
This display celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of the writer and artist Edward Lear (1812-1888), with a selection of his luminous watercolours that documented his extensive travels.
Until 15 July 2012
Sketchbooks and Watercolours by Joanna and George Price Boyce
This display brings together exquisite watercolours by George Price Boyce (1826-1897) and important sketchbooks by his sister, Joanna Boyce (1831-1861), both associated with the Pre-Raphaelite circle.
Until 15 July 2012
Permanent displays
Three works from the department are normally on display in the Museum:
The Triumphal Arch
Albrecht Dürer
Woodcut, 1515
Room 12
View of Venice (detail)
Jacopo de' Barbari
Woodcut, 1500
Study Room lobby off Room 90
Epifania
Michelangelo
Black chalk, around 1550
Room 90
Other prints and drawings can be seen in the Study Room.