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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.”

Marlene Dumas, White Lies, 2001. Paula and Leonard Granoff Fund and Mary B. Jackson Fund. 

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On Paper: Gifts from Paula and Leonard Granoff

October 29, 2022 - April 16, 2023

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.

Curated by Jan Howard, Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

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.

For a complete checklist email curatorial@risd.edu.

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