DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N.F. Karlins



There’s one surprise after another in the show "Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society," now on view at the society, Sept. 19, 2008-Jan. 7, 2009. Many of the almost 200 pieces have not been seen before, so even those familiar with this extraordinary collection, now totaling about 8,500 works on paper, will find unexpected pleasures in this, the very first show devoted to the Society’s drawings.

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