Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70 – Part II
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Since its establishment in 1956 with a gift of prints from Los Angeles collector Fred Grunwald, the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts has evolved into one of the nation’s foremost collections of works on paper. Over the decades, the Grunwald Center’s holdings have expanded through donations and acquisitions, and now comprise more than 45,000 prints, drawings, photographs, and artists’ books dating from the Renaissance to the present. Housed at the Hammer Museum since 1994, the Grunwald Center fosters learning and discovery through its collection, which is regularly presented in exhibitions and made accessible in its dedicated study room. This exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the Grunwald Center, celebrating its history through a selection of significant works that reflect the collection’s breadth and diversity. It will feature over 70 works by artists including Albrecht Dürer, Daniel Hopfer, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Utagawa Hiroshige, Winslow Homer, Käthe Kollwitz, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Sonia Delaunay, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Judy Fiskin, Robert Heinecken, James Welling, Catherine Opie, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Julie Mehretu, James Turrell, Alison Saar, and Kara Walker.
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Albrecht Dürer, The Babylonian Whore, ca. 1498Woodcut. Image: 15 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (38.9 x 28.1 cm), sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (39.4 x 28.9 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of the UCLA Art Council, 1966
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Utagawa Hiroshige, View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, no. 36, 1857, 4th monthColor woodblock print (nishiki-e). 14 7/16 x 9 7/8 in. (36.7 x 25.1 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, Gift of Mrs. Fred Grunwald, 1965
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Edvard Munch, On the Waves of Love, 1896Lithograph. Image: 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (31.1 x 41.9 cm), sheet: 13 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (35.3 x 46.7 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. The Fred Grunwald Collection, 1965
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Robert Heinecken, untitled from Are You Rea, 1967Gelatin silver photogram from magazine pages. Sheet: 11 x 7 in. (27.9 x 17.8 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of Mr. Alan Stamm, 1983. © 2025 The Robert Heinecken Trust. Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.
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Julie Mehretu, Entropia (review), 2004Published by Highpoint Editions. Printed by Cole Rogers. Screenprint and lithograph. Image: 29 × 39 1/2 in. (73.7 × 100.3 cm), sheet: 33 1/4 × 43 3/4 in. (84.5 × 111.1 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2005. © 2004 Julie Mehretu. Courtesy of the artist.
Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70 – Part II is organized by Naoko Takahatake, director and chief curator, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, and Cynthia Burlingham, former deputy director of curatorial affairs, with Jennie Waldow, curatorial assistant and collection specialist, and Kelin Michael, curatorial fellow, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the Grunwald Family: Peggy Cooper, Trude Lisagor, and Carol Lewandowski.
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