A woman lying on her back with only head and shoulders visible, her arms wrapped tight against her chest. She is in black and blue watercolor. Text at top reads: “Things one say to make them stay, come back, or find you somewhere accidentally (discover you) I had a bad dream. Only you can make me do it. I dunno what to say.” Under that, text reads: “White Lies.”

On Paper

Gifts from Paula and Leonard Granoff

October 8, 2022 - April 16, 2023

About

For 40
years Paula and Leonard Granoff have supported the RISD Museum through gifts
ranging from 18th-century Japanese woodblock prints to contemporary fashion and
art. This exhibition celebrates a collection of 26 contemporary works on paper
built through their gifts, including an endowment the Granoffs created in 1987 to
fund the purchase of contemporary drawings. These works highlight the wide
range of approaches to drawing primarily during the past 20 years. More than
half are on public display for the first time.

Paula and Leonard Granoff, through the Paula and Leonard Granoff Fund and direct charitable giving, have facilitated the acquisition of more than 200 works, including those featured in this exhibition.RISD Museum is supported by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with the generous partnership of the Rhode Island School of Design, its Board of Trustees, and Museum Governors.