Drawing

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christie’s holds its annual dedicated drawings sale in Paris on March 22, the same day that the Salon du Dessin opens.

A selection of drawings will feature in Aguttes’ March 28 sale at Drouot of Old Masters.

A drawing of Toussaint Louverture (c.1743-1803), a leader of the Haitian Revolution, has sold from London’s Nonesuch Gallery to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

A small drawing by John Constable of a tree in his birthplace of East Bergholt sold for a triple-estimate £31,000 (plus 22% buyer’s premium).

Dealer Karen Taylor is among those noting that “collectors seem to be following the trend set by museums and buying more work by women”.

Since its first publication in 1908, Kenneth Grahame’s 'The Wind in the Willows' has appeared in various editions and reprints illustrated by nearly 50 artists.

A small round drawing of the Madonna and Child created a stir at Ryedale Auctioneers in North Yorkshire.

A dealer has identified a design for a cenotaph to Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in time for the 200th anniversary of the Italian sculptor’s death.

Titled 'De Watteau à Vuillard Une Collection Parisienne', paintings, works on paper, furniture and objects from a Parisian collection were the object of the first of two single-owner classic contents sales marking the start of the new auction season for the Old Master, furniture and objects departments at Artcurial (26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium).

Watercolour of Oxford by the Victorian arbiter of taste benefits from attractive estimate.