Drawings & Pastels

In recent times the work of newspaper cartoonists has been reassessed with a nod to its artistic, technical and historical merit.

An early 17th century pen and ink drawing of Euterpe, the muse of lyrical music, caused the biggest surprise at Karl & Faber (27% buyer’s premium).

Two works bringing demand at different auctions recently showed the market’s continued appetite for works by Modern British female artists.

The 1947 Street Scene with Figures by LS Lowry (1887-1976) is the earliest work so far to appear on the market from a group of vibrant figurative pastels.

This late untitled drawing by Arshile Gorky (1904-48) in pencil and crayon on paper was the highlight of a sale of Modern and Contemporary paintings held by Digard (25/20/14% buyer’s premium) on March 28 at Drouot in Paris.

This drawing by the Surrealist artist Francis Picabia (1879-1953) had several interesting associations in its provenance.

Bonhams’ flagship sale of Fine Chinese Art in Bond Street on May 18 includes a rare Qianlong period ink on silk court painting.

View of the city ahead of the Great Fire was attributed to a Dutch artist who produced several panoramas

This charcoal drawing of a Normandy milkmaid is one of four works by Jean-François Millet (1814-75) to be included in Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr’s Paris sale of the collection of Alain Delon

A six-figure sum for Belgian Symbolist Fernand Khnopff was the top lot of Christie’s drawing-focused sale.

Also during drawing week, and on the same day and just around the corner from Christie’s, Artcurial held a related art auction.

The Drouot auction centre was also celebrating drawing week with no shortage of drawings and works on paper on offer.

Demonstrations and the bags of rubbish piled up on the Paris streets were no deterrent for visitors to the Salon du Dessin in March.

Simple Salford street scene dating from year after he left art school is now at £70,000 hammer price level

Paris works on paper events draw a line under Covid as attendance figures bounce back

Agnews has launched a new works-on-paper business in Brussels.

Master Drawings New York (MDNY) has a new owner, advisory board and partnership.

'Harbour and Room' (1931), a watercolour and pencil on paper by Paul Nash (1889-1946), is included in Piano Nobile’s latest works on paper exhibition.

Plenty of Italian works can be found in the Salon du Dessin ranging from Old Master drawings to modern items

The specialist Paris drawings dealer Galerie de Bayser is showing this work by Simon Vouet (1590-1649) at the Salon du Dessin