"Drawing and Its Double: Selections from the Instituto Nazionale per la Grafica"

In its continuing mission to expand the definition of drawing, the Drawing Center's main gallery presents incised metal printing plates in copper, zinc, lead, steel and brass. Dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries, these objects—culled from the ING in Rome, one of the world's most important graphic-arts museums—provide a fascinating look at the printmaking process, but also raise the interesting question of whether they are works of art in their own right.