Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from the Collection of John Ashbery Medieval Money One of America’s most distinctive

One of America’s most distinctive poets

It was first performed at Vanessa Bell's London studio in 1935 as one of Bloomsbury's theatrical evenings and later

the National Book Award

and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation

the pies and puddings enjoyed by the pilgrims in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from the Collection of John Ashbery Medieval Money One of America’s most distinctiveA delightful selection from the collection of American poet John Ashbery, made up primarily of gifts from his artist friends and collaborators, with an eclectic mix of works on paper from the mid nineteenth century to the twenty first. Living in New York and Paris, the poet John Ashbery (19272017) formed enduring friendships with artists, including Jane Freilicher, Larry Rivers, Jean Hlion, Niki de Saint Phalle, Joe Brainard, James Bishop, and