Graphic arts
YVON LAMBERT 1955
Naples, 1991. Photography. …
JOSÉ MANUEL NAVIA 1957
New York, Fifth Avenue, 199…
LARS TUNBJÖRK 1956-2015
"Öland, 1991" from the seri…
BRUNO BOUDJELAL 1961
Algiers, Baïnem district, F…
ALINE DIÉPOIS 1973 & THOMAS GIZOLME 1967
Untitled, from the "Film No…
FRANCOISE HUGUIER 1942
From the series "Little Mur…
PIERRE-OLIVIER DESCHAMPS 1957
Trip to Morocco, 1983-1984.…
ANNE REARICK 1960
"Xan and Bixente, Esterencu…
FRANCOISE HUGUIER 1942
"Porno chic", Hotel Chalgri…
HIÊN LÂM DUC 1966
Laos, Vientiane, 1993. Phot…
ANITA CONTI 1899-1997
Transport of a locomotive, …
NOLWENN BROD 1985
"Caroline, 2020." Photograp…
LARS TUNBJÖRK 1956-2015
"Skara Sommarland, 1988" fr…
LARS TUNBJÖRK 1956-2015
"Tomteland, Mora, 1988" fro…
CHRISTOPHE GOUSSARD 1970
"The Crab", 1997. Photograp…
ANITA CONTI 1899-1997
Ships cruising in the light…
JOSÉ MANUEL NAVIA 1957
Paraguay, Iturbe slaughterh…
BERTRAND DESPREZ 1963
"Lancieux", 1993. Photograp…
STEEVE IUNCKER 1969
Yakutsk, -48°, from the ser…
BRUNO BOUDJELAL 1961
11 September 2001, Algiers.…
AGNÈS PROPECK 1962
Whoever pisses the farthest…
RICARD TERRÉ 1928-2009
The Bald One, 1957. Photogr…
ALINE DIÉPOIS 1973 & THOMAS GIZOLME 1967
Untitled, from the "Film No…
HUGUES DE WURSTEMBERGER 1955
"Pauline and Pierre, 1992",…
YVON LAMBERT 1955
Naples, 1991. Photography. …
ALINE DIÉPOIS 1973 & THOMAS GIZOLME 1967
Untitled, 2008. Photography…
FRANCOISE HUGUIER 1942
Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris, …
BERTRAND DESPREZ 1963
"Claire", 1997. Photography…
RICARD TERRÉ 1928-2009
Barcelona, 1955 (monument t…
SERGE PICARD 1961
Unique(s), 1986. Photograph…
LARS TUNBJÖRK 1956-2015
"Flemingsberg, 1989" from t…
JUANAN REQUENA 1983
"Aquellos dias "Pinten" ced…
DAVID SAUVEUR 1974
Jerusalem, 2000. Photograph…
ANITA CONTI 1899-1997
"In the Tropical Humidity o…
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.
