Unfinished

Works from The Courtauld Gallery Summer Showcase Special

This year’s Summer Showcase Special Display will bring together paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century that have all been described as unfinished.

While some were clearly abandoned by the artist and provide an insight into the artistic process, others occupy a more ambiguous territory where there is a clash between the artist’s intention and public reception.

These works will allow us to explore what it means for an artist to consider a work as finished, and what happens when critics disagree.

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