Enfilade

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Punchinello and His Family Spinning Flax, pen and brown ink and wash, over an underdrawing in black chalk, with framing lines in brown ink; signed ‘Domo / Tiepolo f’ at the upper left and numbered 44 in the upper left margin, sheet: 345 × 464 mm (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art). More information about the drawing is available from Christie’s (Sale 21459, 4 July 2023, Lot 41).

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From Trois Crayons:

Tracing Time / Trois Crayons

Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London, 26 June — 5 July 2025

Trois Crayons is pleased to announce Tracing Time, a selling exhibition dedicated to drawings and works on paper held at Frieze No. 9 Cork Street this summer from 26 June until 5 July 2025. Tracing Time is the second annual exhibition hosted by Trois Crayons, an innovative platform which aims to increase the awareness, accessibility and visibility of drawings in all their forms. The exhibition will present the finest drawings and masterpieces on paper from renowned galleries and dealers which span the 15th century until the present day. Tracing Time will showcase works by artists such as Hans Rottenhammer, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, J.M.W. Turner, Auguste Rodin, Gustav Klimt, Jean Cocteau, and Françoise Gilot, presenting rare-to-market works.

Breaking from tradition, the Trois Crayons model includes no gallery booths; instead, all artworks are thoughtfully curated by a team of experts to create an enjoyable exhibition of the highest standard. A further deviation from the norm, the Trois Crayons model allows participants the ability to exhibit in London without the need to be physically present; dedicated and knowledgeable Trois Crayons staff will be on hand to assist visitors and buyers.

Tracing Time sees over 35 international galleries participating and more than 250 works being exhibited, doubling in size since its debut exhibition in 2024. New galleries this year include Wildenstein & Co. (New York), Rosenberg & Co. (New York), and Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd (London), as well as a collaboration with Maak (London and Berkshire), a contemporary ceramics auction house presenting a selection of ceramic works and accompanying works on paper.

Highlights include
• Day & Faber will present a study of animals from the North Italian school that has survived more than 500 years.
• Surprising works from the world of fashion and jewellery will be presented, such as the creations of jeweller René Lalique (with Agar Marteau Fine Art) and a costume study by Antoine Caron (with Galerie Duponchel).
• John Swarbrooke Fine Art will bring a museum quality drawing by Klimt that relates to the painting Die Hoffnung I (Hope I) that hangs in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
• Works from the late 19th century to the present day from Sweden will be presented by galleries such as Clase Fine Art and Colnaghi Elliott Master Drawings, depicting the spiritual and emotional essence of Nordic art.
• Celebrating its 150th anniversary, Wildenstein & Co. will be showing a selection of French works on paper including a study for Leda and the Swan by Edmé Bouchardon and a cubist watercolour by Georges Braque.

“We have made it our mission to demystify acquiring drawings by the world’s best artists. Through our innovative presentation model, we are working to create an environment where buying drawings and works on paper is a pleasurable and straightforward experience that both established and new collectors can equally enjoy. From our installation style to our talks programme, each visitor is encouraged to engage with the medium in new and meaningful ways. Works on paper are one of the most democratic areas in the art market, and we hope to share our passion for paper with all who visit.”
–Alesa Boyle, Tom Nevile, and Sebastien Paraskevas (Founders of Trois Crayons)

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At Frieze No.9 Cork Street, the basement auditorium will play host to a series of talks from leaders and specialists in the field of drawings and works on paper, and Trois Crayons will offer off-site tours at The British Museum, The Courtauld Gallery, and Sotheby’s. All events are free to attend with advance registration.

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Opening Reception (Vernissage)
25 June 2025, 6pm, rsvp@troiscrayons.art

Timeless Materials: A Conversation on Drawing with Contemporary Artists
27 June 2025, 4pm
Moderator: Annette Wickham (Former Works on Paper Curator, Royal Academy of Arts)
Panellists: Joana Galego, Nicholas C. Williams, and Pippa Young

Women Artists in Focus: Curating New Narratives
28 June 2025, 2pm
Moderator: Euthymia Procopé (Director of Development, Rediscovering Art by Women)
Panellists: Jennifer Higgie (author of The Mirror and the Palette: Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits and The Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World), Amy Lim (Curator of The Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire), and Rachel Sloan (Associate Curator of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery)

The Drawings of John Constable
30 June 2025, 4pm
Guest speaker: Susan Owens (former Curator of Paintings at the V&A; her recent book The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art won the Apollo Book of the Year award in 2024; she is currently preparing a book on Constable, to be published in 2026).

Piccadilly Jim: The Discovery of James Gibbs’s Designs for the Façade of Burlington House
1 July 2025, 4pm
Guest speaker: William Aslet (Scott Opler Fellow, Worcester College, University of Oxford)
In partnership with The Burlington Magazine

New Ways of Looking at Italian Renaissance Drawings
2 July 2025, 4pm
Moderator: Luca Baroni (L’IDEA – Testi Fonti Lessico Disegni)
Panellists: Martin Clayton (Head of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection Trust), Rachel Hapoienu (Assistant Curator of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery), Tom Nevile (co-founder, Trois Crayons), and Catherine Whistler (Research Keeper, Western Art Department, Ashmolean Museum)
In partnership with L’IDEA

The Intimate Collector: Why Drawings Thrive in the Digital Age
3 July 2025, 4pm
Moderator: Bethany Woolfall (Arcarta Vice President of Customers)
Panellists: Alesa Boyle (Co-founder, Trois Crayons, London and Gallery Director, Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London), Gregory Rubinstein (Sotheby’s, Senior Director and Head of the Old Master Drawings Department Worldwide), and Lorna Tiller (Senior Gallery Partnerships Manager, Artsy)
In partnership with Arcarta

Between Drawings and Ceramics
4 July 2025, 4pm
A lively panel discussion exploring the parallels and contrasts in how drawings and ceramics are collected, appreciated, and understood.
In partnership with Maak

The Drawings of Jean-Antoine Watteau
5 July 2025, 2pm
Moderator: Jennifer Tonkovich (Associate Editor, Master Drawings and Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, Drawings and Prints, Morgan Library & Museum)
Panellists: Grant Lewis (The Smirnov Family Curator of Italian and French Prints and Drawings, 1400–1880 at the British Museum and curator of Colour and Line: Watteau Drawings, British Museum) and Axel Moulinier (collaborator on A Watteau Abecedario, an online catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Antoine Watteau, and co-curator of The Worlds of Watteau, Château de Chantilly)
In partnership with Master Drawings

o f f – s i t e  e v e n t s

Exhibition Visit | Colour and Line: Watteau Drawings
26 June 2025, 10.30am, The British Museum
Host: Grant Lewis (The Smirnov Family Curator of Italian and French Prints and Drawings, 1400–1880)

Auction Visit | Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
28 June 2025, 11.00am, Sotheby’s
Hosts: Gregory Rubinstein, Cristiana Romalli, Mark Griffith-Jones, and Alexander Faber. Attendance is limited to 25 spaces.

Print Room Visit | The Courtauld Gallery’s Collection of Drawings à Trois Crayons
1 July 2025, 10.30am, The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House
Hosts: Ketty Gottardo (Martin Halusa Senior Curator of Drawings) and Rachel Sloan (Associate Curator of Works on Paper)