Graphic arts
MASAKANE: A FINE WOOD OKIMONO OF MINAMOTO NO TAMETOMO
By Masakane, signed Masakane Japan, 19th century The mighty champion archer dressed in elaborately decorated armor and seated on a rocky outcrop, defiantly displaying his legendary strength, one hand clutching a fan and the other his bow whilst his a…
A CHARMING WOOD NETSUKE OF A BOY IMITATING A SCARECROW
Unsigned Japan, early 19 th century, Edo period (1615 1868) Carved as a young boy standing and wearing a finely incised robe pulled up over his head, his arms raised and hidden in his sleeves, pretending to be a scarecrow, the face with a charming ex…
RYOKO: AN IVORY OKIMONO GROUP OF A WASHERWOMAN, CHILD AND OLD MAN
By Ryoko, signed Ryoko Japan, Meiji period (1868 1912) Depicting a woman washing clothes in a round tub while an old man stands right behind her in a suggestive position, holding a cane in one hand and pointing at the woman with the other, a young ch…
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Berlin, Allemagne
Thursday 21 Jan at - 10:00
Historia Auktionshaus
Berlin, Allemagne
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Historia Auktionshaus
Berlin, Allemagne
Thursday 21 Jan at - 10:00
Historia Auktionshaus
Berlin, Allemagne
Graphic arts
Here you can find all you ever wanted to know about the graphic arts but never dared to ask !
The graphic arts (from the ancient Greek graphein, to write) are defined as all technical procedures (drawing, prints, graphic design, etc.) enabling the visual conception or presentation of artistic work.
By extension, they encompass all image reproduction procedures, like photography. Graphic art auctions thus include posters and drawings in watercolour, gouache and graphite on paper.
The art of the line found in Old Master and contemporary drawings rivals with prints: images obtained by printing from an engraved or drawn support – engravings, lithographs, screen prints, etc., the essential point being to make an imprint.
Online graphic arts sales also feature photographs, from Gustave le Gray's albumen prints to contemporary prints by Nan Goldin, and even Street art works, with tags, stencils and graffiti that have travelled from the street to the auction room. Did you know? One of Banksy's fake £10 notes, distributed free to the crowd in Notting Hill in 2004, can now fetch €500 at Drouot.