The Wolf and the Fox (detail), 1733, Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Black ink and gray wash heightened with white opaque watercolor on blue paper. Getty Museum
Drawing on Blue
GETTY CENTER
West Pavilion, Plaza Level
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Made from blue rags, blue paper has fascinated European artists from its earliest use in Renaissance Italy to Enlightenment France and beyond. Through new technical examination of drawings in the Getty’s collection, this exhibition offers fresh insight into the physical properties of blue paper, and its unique contribution to artistic practice from the 15th through 18th centuries.