Prints and Drawings

Hannah Höch, Dompteuse, ca. 1930/1964, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 ProLitteris, Zurich

Albrecht Dürer, Rhinocerus (Das Rhinozeros), 1515, Kunsthaus Zürich

Johann Heinrich Füssli, Der Künstler verzweifelnd vor der Grösse der Antike, 1778/1780, Kunsthaus Zürich

Andro Wekua, Burning Palm Tree, 2004, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 Andro Wekua

Dieter Roth, Gartenriesen, 1970/1971, Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2019 Estate of Dieter Roth

Paul Cézanne, Etude d’arbre, um 1890, donated by Vereinigung für Zeichnende Kunst in Zürich, 1935

Miriam Cahn, Handelsschiff, 1982, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, Gruppe Junge Kunst, © 2019 Miriam Cahn

William Hogarth, The Reward of Cruelty, 1751, Kunsthaus Zürich

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

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.

Collection of Prints and Drawings Kunsthaus Zürich, Photo Franca Candrian

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

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Rämistrasse 45, 8001 Zürich
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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.