62 19th March 2011 international events
Drawn to Paris as Salon takes centre stage
■ A busy week for enthusiasts for works on paper and design
THE Salon du Dessin is the fulcrum of Paris Drawings Week or Semaine du Dessin. This specialist drawings fair has been running for 20 years, organised by the Société du Salon du Dessin, under the presidency of Hervé Aaron since 1998.
Over that time it has grown from a
small event run by a handful of galleries, to a fair of international standing taking in 39 participants from eight countries. Its 20th edition will be held as usual
at the Palais de la Bourse and runs from March 30 to April 4. With a mix of Old Master, 19th century and Modern works on paper, this is a select event but one that punches above its weight in terms of international standing. There is a very strong tradition of
collecting drawings in France and the home market has been long served through dealers and auctions, so it is not surprising that the host country dominates the Salon, accounting for 21
of the exhibitors. However the UK is well represented
and is the next biggest contributor with six dealers: Agnews, Jean-Luc Baroni, Day & Faber, Stephen Ongpin, Yvonne tan Bunzl and Trinity Fine Art, some of them having hot-footed it from TEFAF Maastricht. There are three new names on the
roll-call: Applicat Prazan bringing works from the 1950s; Les Enluminures with Medieval and Renaissance works; and David Nolan from New York with Contemporary work. Like many specialist fairs, the Salon has
a lecture/seminar programme, run over two days on March 30-31. Within the broader Drawings Week
context, the Salon is joined by a raft of museum shows of drawings. Many, like the Louvre’s exhibitions on Louis de Boullogne, Pietro da Cortona and Ciro Ferri, and The Musée Condé’s exhibition in Chantilly of François Clouet drawings, run until June. However, many institutions put on special pre-bookable guided tours during the course of Drawings Week
www.salondudessin.com
Above: Galerie Didier Aaron will be taking this 7 x 10in (18 x 25cm) pen, ink and wash drawing, showing a drawing competition in an imaginary architectural setting, to the Salon du Dessin. It is by Jean-François Thomas, called Thomas de Thomon (1756-1813) and is priced at €50,000.
Above:W.M. Brady and Co of New York have this Edgar Degas (1834-1917) of a woman tying her hair, in charcoal and pastel on paper laid on board, measuring 8½ x 13in (22 x 34cm) and priced at €125,000 at the Salon du Dessin.
PAVILLON DES ARTS & DESIGN
THE Pavillon des Arts & Design (PAD) runs from March 30 to April 3 at the Esplanade des Feuillants in the Tuileries. As its name suggests, it specialises in classic 20th century and contemporary design and decorative arts, paintings and related fields. This fair is part of the stable of
Patrick Perrin’s Société d’Organisation Culturelle (S.O.C), who also run the stylish autumn fair of the same name held in London at Berkeley Square. The older French version, which has been going for 15 years, now boasts 80 exhibitors, 20 of whom are new to the Paris event. While France still dominates the
Above: Hommes devant la Mer by André Masson (1896-1987), a 4¾ x 5½in (12 x 14cm) oil on canvas which Galerie Brimaud of Paris will be showing at the Pavillon des Arts & Design where it is priced in the region of €600,000-700,000.
geography of the exhibitor list, 18 of the participants come from elsewhere and the UK has a strong presence with five dealers: Didier Ltd, Lamberty, Louisa Guinness, Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery, and 88 Gallery, all of whom
also stood at last year’s London PAD although the first three are debuting in the Paris fair. This latest Paris showing has
increased its input of Contemporary design. As well as Carpenter’s Workshop, there are Perimeter Art and Design, Tools Gallery and BSL, all from France, Privellkollektie from the Netherlands, and Orlandi and Volpi from Italy. Otherwise expect plenty of Parisian
names in the 20th century design field, like Olivier Watelet, Alain Marcelpoil and Galerie Downtown plus paintings and 20th century and designer jewellery.
www.pad-paris.net
Right: one of a pair of Norwegian carved and painted wood armchairs from c.1900, by Lars Kinsarvik (1846-1925) which Franck Laigneau of Paris will offer at the Pavillon des Arts & Design where they are priced at €60,000 each.
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