Dreams in Dust: The Pastels of Lucas Samaras Manuscripts Thaw and his wife Clare’s

Thaw and his wife Clare’s remarkable gift of their entire drawings collection to the museum

and letters

In Going Dutch

Accompanying an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum

Dreams in Dust: The Pastels of Lucas Samaras Manuscripts Thaw and his wife Clare’sVibrant and expressive, the dreamlike pastel drawings of Lucas Samaras reveal the singular artists important history with the medium and its role in his creative development. During the first three decades of his long career, American artist Lucas Samaras (19362024) turned to pastel to produce small, intimate works that explored themes present in his better known paintings, sculptures, and installations. He was attracted to pastels bright colors and