Bidders warm to frieze
This Neoclassical drawing by the Swedish sculptor Johann Tobias Sergel (1740-1814) proved very popular in the opening Old Master works on paper section of the mixed-discipline traditional sale held by the Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo 25% buyer’s premium) on November 27 in Monaco.
The 8½ x 13in (22 x 33.5cm) pen, ink and wash study features a frieze of figures in classical cost…