Drouot's drawing week

• From 13 to 21 March, Drouot organises a curated exhibition titled Œuvres Choisies. The exhibition will include a ‘Drawing Cabinet’ that gathers highlights from the upcoming sales. The selection of works will offer a wide panel of drawings ranging from the 17^th century to nowadays. Most of it will be offered at auction between the 21 and 26 March at Drouot, during six dedicated auctions and included in section among larger sales. This important retrospective will be a beautiful opportunity for collectors and connoisseurs to identify some of the greatest artists of their time, from De La Fosse in the 17^th century to celebrated contemporary artist Banksy and including Hubert Robert, Jacques Majorelle, Vassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, Sam Francis and Chu Teh-Chun.
• This curated exhibition will be an important step among the tour organised by the Quartier Art Drouot (QAD) from 16 to 30 March. The QAD gathers 15 galleries surrounding Drouot which will all specifically highlight one work of art for the occasion.
• Additionally, Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen will feature highlights from an old master collection of drawings, the Wolff Collection which will be offered in Copenhagen in May. On March 20 and 21, some of the 2,000 works will be on view at 12 Drouot (exhibition gallery facing Drouot).
• Finally, Drouot will exceptionally welcome visitors on the week-end of 24 and 25 March from 11am to 6pm and, Drouot’s restaurant L’Adjugé will be open for dinner from 13 March (11am-11pm). A perfect opportunity to fully embrace Drouot’s atmosphere.

17^th

Claude MELLAN (1598-1688) Portrait of Nicolas Claude Fabri de Pereisc (1580-1637) Black chalk on paper. €25,000 - 30,000 Leclere - Maison de ventes, 26 March

Alessandro TURCHI (1578-1649) God appearing to Moses as a pillar of smoke Pen, brown ink and ink wash. €5,000 - 8,000 Polakovits Collection Christope Joron-Derem, 21 March

18^th

Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) People resting at the Forum, near the Arch of Titus and the Temple of Castor and Pollux Sanguine. €5,000-7,000 Leclere-Maison de Ventes, 26 March		Giovanni Battista TIEPOLO (1696-1770) Study for a vase with allegorical figures Pen and black chalk. €6,000 - 8,000 Leclere-Maison de ventes, 26 March

19^th

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863) Homer with poets Ovid, Horace and Lucain, welcome Dante, brought by Virgil, at the Elysium Study for the Senate’s library dome. Oil on tracing paper. €40,000 - 60,000 Millon, 23 March

20^th

Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962) View of the Kasbah. Tagadirt n’Bour Gouache and charcoal on cardboard. €25,000 - 30,000 Drouot Estimations, 13 April		Vassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) Construction-souffle, June 1931 Watercolour and ink on paper. €100,000 - 150,000 Farrando, 26 Marc		Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) La Berma in Phèdre (Illustration for Proust, In Search of Lost Time) Gouache and pencil on paper. €30,000 - 50,000 Leclere-Maison de ventes, 26 March

Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Portrait of a young woman, 1944 Pen on paper. €110,000 - 150,000 Leclere-Maison de ventes, 13 April <== Léonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA (1886-1968) & Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Bust of a nude woman holding a cat in her arms Watercolour on paper. €50,000 - 70,000 Leclere-Maison de ventes, 26 March

Sam FRANCIS (1923-1994) BRIGHT RING DRAWING, 1962 Gouache and watercolour on paper. €60,000 - 80,000 DIGARD AUCTION, 25 March		Marcel STORR (1911-1976) Untitled 2 August-27 December 1972 Pencil, coloured ink and varnish on paper. €60,000 - 90,000 Ader Nordmann, 23 March

21^th

BANKSY (Born in 1975) Girl with Balloon, 2004 Silkscreen printed in colours, dedicated, dated and signed lower left. Outside of the production. Pest Control Office Certificate. €80,000 - 120,000 DIGARD AUCTION, 26 March		Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled, 1982 Pastel on paper. €300,000 - 500,000 Leclere-Maison de ventes, 26 March		Chu TEH-CHUN (1920-2014) Untitled, 1988 Ink and gouache on tracing paper. €100,000 - 150,000 Blanchet & Associés, 21 March

AUCTION SCHEDULE AT DROUOT