Drawing and printmaking occupy a special place within the visual arts.
Through line, tone, rhythm and contrast, artists give form to their observations, ideas and imagination. A drawing may begin as a study, sketch or experiment, but it can also stand as a complete and independent work of art. Printmaking techniques such as etching, woodcut and lithography introduce a visual language of their own, in which the materials and processes play a decisive role in the final result. The possibility of reproduction also made prints an important means of disseminating images and ideas.

Throughout the centuries, artists have continually explored and adapted these techniques to suit their own artistic practice, giving rise to a rich variety of styles, methods and individual approaches. Drawings and prints therefore offer not only a fascinating insight into an artist’s finished oeuvre, but also into the creative process behind it.
This catalogue highlights the versatility of both disciplines and underlines their enduring significance in the development of the visual arts.

Together, they form an intimate and multifaceted record of the ways in which artists observe, think and create.
(Lots 6016, 6060, 6080, 6085, 6087, 6482, 6500, 6506 and 6527)