| Detail from Red, Black & Blue by Sam Francis (1958), included in Linda Karshan’s gift to the Courtauld Gallery. Photograph: Richard Valencia Photography/Courtauld Institute |
Drawings by Cézanne and Klee among works gifted to Courtauld Gallery
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Assembled by the late collector Howard Karshan, the ‘revelatory’ collection is hailed as important beyond its size
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Mon 22 Feb 2021 14.41 GMTA collection of modern drawings that the head of London’s Courtauld Gallery says push the boundaries of what the art form can be has been gifted to the gallery.
It said the set of 25 works by artists including Cézanne, Kandinsky and Klee was one of the most significant gifts of art it had received in a generation. They were assembled by the collector Howard Karshan, who died in 2017, and presented in his memory by his wife, Linda, an artist herself.