Drawings & Pastels
Drawing is a type of graphic art created with lines and areas of tone applied to paper usually with pencil, charcoal and coloured pencil, but a wash may also be applied.
They frequently serve as preparatory studies for other works, but are also considered works of art in their own right. A practitioner of drawing is known as a draughtsman.
Pastels are created using a stick made of pure pigment and a binder.
A key part of the general art market, both are also specialist collecting areas in their own right.
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French sleeper awakes as drawing points to Greuze
10 October 2014The name Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) was mentioned as the possible hand responsible for this unsigned 18th century French charcoal and chalk drawing that leapt from lowly expectations to sell for £320,000 (plus 22.5% buyer’s premium) at Toovey’s of Washington, West Sussex on October 8.
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Benjamin West drawings take a combined £112,000
12 August 2014Two drawings of Old Testament subjects by the American-born portrait and history painter Benjamin West (1738-1820) proved the highlight of the latest sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Works on Paper at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ saleroom in Mayfair.
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Chapman Brothers sketch in charity auction
30 June 2014This postcard sketch by the Chapman Brothers is one of a large number created by well-known figures in art, sport, music TV and film to raise money for Action Against Cancer and the Brain Tumor Charity Silas Pullen Fund.
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Lowry’s people on a promenade
14 March 2014A sketch by LS Lowry will be offered at Peter Wilson of Nantwich in Cheshire on May 1.
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Ivon Hitchens sale is a cut above
05 March 2014EXHIBITION – In 1956, the woodsman Ted Floate met Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) quite by chance but ended up managing the artist’s estate while also helping with framing and even giving other technical advice.
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Christie’s to offer important Old Master drawings collection
27 February 2014Christie’s has announced a major consignment of Old Master drawings which will be offered over the next two years in a series of sales in London, Amsterdam and Paris.
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Constable drawings emerge at Cambridge sale
20 February 2014This pencil drawing by John Constable inscribed ‘Binfiled Decr. 6th 1816’ is believed to have made when the artist was staying in Binfield in Berkshire whilst returning from his honeymoon in Dorset with his wife Maria.
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Portraits produced by a ‘colour-blind’ artist draw bidders at Slane Castle
15 November 2013One of lots drawing a decent competition at the Adam’s sale at Slane Castle last month was a pair of chalk portraits by Robert Healy (c.1743-71).
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Voysey drawings for Perrycroft project sell in Stroud
05 August 2013Herefordshire was judged a little too remote for most Midlands industrialists seeking a rural retreat in the Arts and Crafts idiom.
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The view of the great admiral just before Trafalgar
15 July 2013Drawn from life at Nelson’s home, Merton, just weeks before the Battle of Trafalgar, this pastel portrait by the marine artist John Whichelo sold for £52,000 at Sotheby’s.
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Regatta drawing sails to new high for Lowry work on paper
31 May 2013A pencil drawing by LS Lowry (1887-1976) set an auction record for a work on paper by the artist this week, selling for £175,000.
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19th century scrap album brings intriguing illustrations to light
14 March 2013Consigned to Rosebery’s two-day sale in West Norwood, London on March 19-20 is a late 19th century scrap album containing some 50 illustrations.
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Philip Webb cartoons for William Morris tapestry – the pride of Hodson collection
05 March 2013It was during negotiations to secure the future of the Kelmscott Press after the death of William Morris in 1896 that Laurence William Hodson (1863-1933) acquired four watercolour and pencil designs by Philip Webb (1831-1915).
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Burne-Jones at Bonhams
11 January 2013Six pencil studies for The Days of Creation by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-98) carry an estimate of £150,000-250,000 at Bonhams’ 19th century art sale in New Bond Street on January 23.
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Price shows why Conor collectors have every reason to dance a jig
10 January 2013The highly distinctive works on paper by William Conor (1884-1968) documenting working-class life in Ulster come up pretty regularly at auction, mainly because there are simply a lot of them around.
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Patron to the Penny Diners
10 January 2013This portrait of Sinead O’Connor as a young girl was consigned to Whyte’s sale on November 26 by the singer herself.
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Winnie-the-Pooh drawings boost Michael Winner sale
10 January 2013As predicted, Michael Winner’s superb collection of original book illustrations realised a total in excess of £1m at Sotheby’s.
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Raphael drawing tops Old Master series taking £26.5m at Sotheby’s
06 December 2012It took over 15 minutes to sell, but when the gavel finally came down at £26.5m the Raphael from Chatsworth had become the second most expensive Old Master ever sold at auction – and the priciest drawing of all time.
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Landseer’s dog at debut sale
08 November 2012This pencil drawing by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) is of his own dog Brutus and dates from the mid 19th century.
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The Scream to go on public display in NY
28 September 2012The most expensive artwork ever sold at auction is to go on display to the public for six months at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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