The fourth Paris Print Fair

Created four years ago by the Chambre Syndicale de l’Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau (CSEDT), the young Paris Print Fair is now an unmissable event for dealers, collectors and institutions, French and foreign, who flock to the capital for Drawing Week. Attracting more and more exhibitors, now numbering twenty-five, a maximum in view of the attractive but small setting of the Refectory of the Couvent des Cordeliers, the young fair, now in its fourth edition, stands comparison with its London and New York elders - the London Original Print Fair, which celebrated its fortieth anniversary last February, and the International Fine Print Dealer Association’s (IFDPA) Print Fair, founded in 1987. What’s more, it seems to be establishing itself as a new benchmark for old prints, at a time when - as Christian Collin, president of the CSEDT, and several curators following him, have pointed out to us - the large American fair, with the 2025 edition almost exactly coinciding, has taken a largely contemporary turn.

1. Francisco Goya (1746-1826)
Bullfight in a Divided Arena, 1825
Lithography
Helmut H. Rumbler Gallery
Photo: Helmut H. Rumbler Gallery

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2. Johann Anton Ramboux (1790-1866)
Double Portrait of the Painter Konrad Eberhard and his Brother Franz, 1822
Lithograph - 31.6 x 34.5 cm
Helmut H. Rumbler Gallery
Photo: Helmut H. Rumbler Gallery

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In this regard, we should mention the arrival among the five new exhibitors of the Berlin gallery Nicolaas Teeuwisse, an undisputed reference in European engravings from the 16th to the 18-th century, New York’s Pia Gallo, a recognised specialist in prints from the 16th to the 19-th century, and also Dutchman Jonathan Den Otter, who, before opening his gallery in 2021, worked for almost a decade in the old master drawings department at Christie’s in London. It should be noted that last year, the arrival of Agnews Brussels and Il Bulino Antiche…