Traditionally, at the Salon du Dessin, which takes place in the former building of the Paris Stock Exchange, no one is surprised by the name. For example, the works of writer Victor Hugo can be found immediately at the stands of several galleries. But many judges of graphics come here in search of things rare and exceptional. This year, among them - drawings of the Danish symbolist Wilhelm Hammerschoy depicting trees (from € 125 thousand. ), which offers gallery Le Claire Kunst from Hamburg. "Such drawings are very rare. For example, this sketch for the painting, which is stored in the museum "Collection of David" in Copenhagen, appeared on the market in 1938 ", - told in the gallery.
Do you think Bonnard is trite? Gallery Aktis from London exhibited a large sketch for the poster "Legends of Joseph" (1914) of the famous entreprise "Russian Ballet" by Sergei Diaghilev. The work is directly from the heirs of Pierre Bonnard, it depicts the dancer Leonid Miasin, it was his first big role, which he performed at age 19. "This work - a document worthy of the museum", - comments on the stand of the gallery, Charlotte Norberg (Galerie Charlotte Norberg). And the museum is not poor, since it must have a sum of € 550 thousand. , in which the work of the gallery.
As usual, at the Salon of drawing on the most famous names, buyers are quickly. This happened with the sangina Cesare da Sesto, a gifted student of Leonardo da Vinci, who was sold a few hours after the start of the preview. His sketch "The Head of John the Baptist" to the painting "Salome", which is stored in the Vienna Museum of Art History, acquired from the Galerie de Bayser American collector for € 500 thousand. "The graphics of this artist is known very little, and this sketch is beautiful in itself. The sketch of the hand to the same painting is in the Royal Collection of England ", explains the owner of the gallery Louis de Beizer.
The same gallery owner shows another discovery. Paula Moderzon-Becker's self-study finally received recognition - a retrospective of the expressionist was held at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 2016. The French writer Marie Daryassek wrote a heartfelt biography of the artist, in love with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (she died in childbirth at age 33). In life, she sold very few paintings, leaving behind more than 700 works.
At the Salon of the drawing for € 85 thousand. sold, according to the gallery owner, her "best pastel in the market" with the image of children.
Last night at the opening of the drawing salon red dots on the works (the sign "sold out") appeared like mushrooms after a rain. But until Monday, there will still be enough unique lots: at the fair there are works of both recognized masters and their students at a cost of several thousand to several hundred euros per drawing.