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Collection of Prints and Drawings

The Collection of Prints and Drawings comprises some 95,000 works on paper, including 37,000 drawings that are especially valuable because they are one-offs made by the artists themselves. The most celebrated items include a sketchbook by Théodore Géricault, Vincent van Gogh’s drawing ‘The Road to Tarascon’ (1888), and six watercolours by Paul Cézanne.

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Hannah Höch, Dompteuse, ca. 1930/1964, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 ProLitteris, Zurich
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Albrecht Dürer, Rhinocerus (Das Rhinozeros), 1515, Kunsthaus Zürich
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Johann Heinrich Füssli, Der Künstler verzweifelnd vor der Grösse der Antike, 1778/1780, Kunsthaus Zürich
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Andro Wekua, Burning Palm Tree, 2004, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 Andro Wekua
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Dieter Roth, Gartenriesen, 1970/1971, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 Estate of Dieter Roth
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Paul Cézanne, Etude d’arbre, um 1890, donated by Vereinigung für Zeichnende Kunst in Zürich, 1935
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Miriam Cahn, Handelsschiff, 1982, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, Gruppe Junge Kunst, © 2019 Miriam Cahn
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William Hogarth, The Reward of Cruelty, 1751, Kunsthaus Zürich
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Jorinde Voigt, 3 Horizonte; 237 Melodien // 3 Horizonte; Mögliche Farben des Horizonts; 237 Melodien; 6 Zäsuren; Position; Interne Zentren; Externe Zentren; Rotationsrichtung; Rotationsgeschwindigkeit 1-21 Umdrehungen/Tag; N-S, 2011/12, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 ProLitteris, Zurich
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J. M. William Turner, A Fete Day in Zurich, Early Morning, 1845, Kunsthaus Zürich

Noteworthy among the Old Master drawings are more than 650 works by Henry Fuseli. The groups of works by Albrecht Dürer, William Hogarth, Francisco de Goya and Honoré Daumier are very popular, while Swiss landscapes are particularly well represented.

« In the Collection of Prints and Drawings you can don a pair of gloves and hold valuable objects in your hands to see them right up close. That includes Dada and videos. » — Mirjam Varadinis, Head of the Collection of Prints and Drawings

For the 20th century there are significant drawings, watercolours and collages by Lovis Corinth, Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti. American art post-1960 is also well represented, in the form of John Cage, Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg and Bruce Nauman. The collection includes almost the entire graphic oeuvre of Marcel Broodthaers, Dieter Roth, André Thomkins, Markus Raetz and Lothar Baumgarten, which can be consulted in the study room on request.

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Collection of Prints and Drawings Kunsthaus Zürich, Photo Franca Candrian

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Opening hours and registration

Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–midday and 2 p.m.–5 p.m.

By appointment only
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Contact

grafischesammlung@kunsthaus.ch
+41 44 253 84 84

Since works on paper are extremely fragile and sensitive to external influences such as light, temperature and climatic changes, they cannot be exhibited permanently.

However, selected works can be viewed in the Prints and Drawings Collection study room on request. Please complete the registration form in advance and arrange a date with us. We look forward to welcoming you.

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