Drawings & Pastels

An unfinished drawing of the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci's workshop drew strong competition at Dorotheum of Vienna this week.

A group of 19 album leaves from the celebrated ‘Imperial Manual of Birds’ have been discovered in homes in Dorset and London.

A folio from a rare 15th century Timurid manuscript will be offered at Christie’s in London on May 1.

An original artwork by Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) created just one month before the assassination of her husband, US President John F Kennedy, drew strong demand at a recent Bonhams sale.

A pen and ink signed illustration by American pulp fiction illustrator Virgil Finlay (1914-1971) made 16 times its estimate at Gildings on March 25.

The rediscovered diary of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant (1885-1978) drew strong interest this week after emerging at an auction at Gorringe's in Lewes, East Sussex.

A sketch by George Romney (1734-1802) came to a recent auction in south London with a remarkable backstory.

The legacy of Steven Spurrier is being revived by Panter & Hall in its current exhibition

An Egon Schiele (1890-1918) work on paper formerly owned by the Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum was among the lots drawing competition at Christie’s latest evening sale in London.

“Hello Possums”. Bidders were greeted by Dame Edna Everage’s imitable phrase as Christie’s auctioneer Piers Boothman took to the rostrum to offer the extraordinary collection of the late Barry Humphries (1934-2023).

Master Drawings New York proved a hit for UK dealers and attracted a high number of museum curators and directors

Poole Museum has emerged as the buyer of a work on paper by John Piper (1903-92) that sold at a Roseberys auction last year.