Drawings & Pastels

Sale of more than 300 works amassed by former journalist for The Times attracts a wide range of interest

A group of three works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) consigned from two separate sources appeared in a recent sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

The Salon du Dessin, France’s annual fair devoted to drawings and works on paper, is an event which regularly brings an international influx of drawing afficionados to the French capital.

A preparatory drawing for a famous painting of Napoleon Bonaparte that is in the Palace of Versailles is to go under the hammer.

One of the highlights of a sale of Old Master works held by Tajan (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) was a pastel self-portrait by the 18th century French portrait painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749-1803).

The sale of big-ticket lots by artists such as Rembrandt, Canaletto and Michelangelo boosted the overall total at the latest Old Master auction series in New York to a record high.

An Italian Old Master drawing of a left leg strode to a hammer price of $45,000 (£33,515) on January 8 at Eldred’s (28% buyer’s premium) in East Dennis, Massachusetts.

Along with August, January is traditionally the quietest month in terms of regional auctions.

Strong competition came for two small sketches by Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) at different regional salerooms in January.

Swedish artists are especially prominent in show staged by first-time exhibitor at Master Drawings

London Art Fair stands out as a key early opportunity to showcase works to a domestic audience

An original illustration for one of the most entertaining works on rare book collecting hammered for £15,000 to lead Mallams’ latest Modern Art & Design auction.

Illustrator famous for helping to bring alive the beloved bear preferred his other commissions