For Christie’s, the Paris spring slot at the time of the city’s drawings fairs is one of the three periods in the year when the international auction house holds its main sales of Old Master drawings. The others are January in New York and July in London.
As Christie’s international director Stijn Alsteens explains: “The main sale is very strong anyway with a good group of 18th century French drawings, but what is exceptional this year is that we have a number of additional sales.”
This brings its total to four drawingsrelated auctions between March 22-23.