"The addition of these 17 highly important sheets by major artists of the 16th to 20th centuries will greatly enrich the status and quality of our already renowned collection of drawings,” says Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. “To comment on just one of these outstanding works, the pastel by the French Impressionist Eva Gonzalès, The Maid of Honor (La Demoiselle d’honneur), is her most celebrated work and a major addition to our holdings by women artists. This drawing received rave reviews at the 1880 Paris Salon where her mentor, Edouard Manet, praised her for this success. Sadly, her career was short-lived, as she passed away just three years later."