This collection represents five decades of exploring the human figure through drawings. Clint Brown uses the nude as both a formal compositional device and as an expressive ­metaphor to reveal aspects of the human condition.

From the introduction: “Drawing is something I’ve done for as long as I can remember. My report cards from kindergarten and first grade begin mentioning my enthusiasm for art, which the teachers wanted to encourage. However, soon the tune changed, and the teachers were suggesting that I needed to spend more time on my reading and arithmetic and less time drawing—which was true.”