Work on Paper

Our Works on Paper department presents an outstanding selection of drawings, watercolours and works on paper, from Renaissance studies to Baroque compositions and beyond, reflecting the intimate creative process of the greatest draughtsmen.

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Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards

Three heads in profile

Study of a boy pulling a rope

Study of a young girl

Study of arms for “L’a.b.c”

Study of hands for “Les Méduses Bleues”

Portrait of a Young Girl, possibly the Artist’s Daughter Louise

Study of a female head

Studies of Architectural Ornaments and Bas Reliefs (Double sided)

Head of a woman

Bust-length portrait of a young man

A King Crab, Lizards, Spiders and a Beetle

A rose with garden whites

Butterflies and moths

Flying lizards, snakes, a scorpion and a chameleon

Insects

Portrait (possibly Ithell Colquhoun)

A couple in courtship

Chats (inv. 4)

Étude pour le livre-album Fêtes secrètes

Les Carcans (inv. 131)

Set Design for 'La Megere Apprivoisée'

Sketches for mask designs

Sorcière volante

Sphinx (inv. LF/WP047)

Squellette

Studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 169)

Studies for sphinxes and heads (recto and verso, inv. 170)

Three standing turbaned figures

Untitled (A dance and a flying creature)

Untitled (Two Standing Figures)

Various studies for sphinxes (inv. 175)

Various studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 168)

Various studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 171)

A statue of Venus

A merchant carrying a rifle, helmet and fabrics, study for Marchand ambulant au Caire

A seated and turbaned musician playing a spike fiddle, seen from behind, a study for The Sword Dance

A seated man in prayer

Standing Arnaut seen from behind, with a curved sword

Standing Arnaut with pistol and dagger

Standing figure seen from behind, study for The Carpet Merchant

Portrait of Marie-Thérese-Baptistine Hains, at her tambour frame

Portrait of a Woman from Arles

Portrait of a man from Kayes, wearing a Fulani fibre hat

An ideal head of a woman with an elaborate headdress

A rostrum of musicians in a loggia

Portrait of Carletto Thieben

Head of a Man (Christ)

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