Drawings & Pastels

Old Master drawings inscribed for Flemish artist Hans Bols blow away the estimates in Chartres

Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain

Megan Corcoran Locke is gallery director at Stephen Ongpin Fine Art.

When Ernest Shepard was first recommended to AA Milne in 1923, the author had originally deemed him unsuitable.

Nine works on paper by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) are included in Hindman’s 86-lot American Art auction on October 17.

The Americana & International sale at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on October 5-6 includes a collection of art from a Delaware estate.

A small sketch of two ships in a gale by the leading Dutch marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) was among the lots bringing interest at Roseberys’ (25% buyer’s premium) summer sale of Old Master, British & European pictures.

Among the lots on offer at Sworders’ upcoming Old Master, British and European Art sale is a small sketch of two lawyers by Honoré Daumier (1808-79).

The artist and Royal Academy founder Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was also a major collector, especially in the field of Old Master works on paper.

Famous Frenchman has amassed an impressive wide-ranging array of acquisitions over six decades

A drawing of Jean François Millet’s (1814-75) most famous image generated unexpected levels of bidding in Alameda, California.

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).

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.

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

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