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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;antidiem, post: 50742, member: 30&quot;]That&#039;s another lovely one, Moontymes! Did you find the Vautier sketch to be a study for a painting?</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, back to the first one:</p><p>The size and the way the first sketch may have been attached, the wear on the opposite side, make me think it is from a book. I cannot quite see the weave of the laid paper and forgot if you said it has a watermark? This could help to determine if it was from a book and what time period.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is an original sketch, it would have been done with india ink (which is very BLACK). If you test it to find it is water soluble, then you have an original sketch which was probably taped up to use as a study. The tape looks white (albeit perhaps yellowed) and looks like paper tape but it&#039;s difficult to tell from the small portions I see of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not uncommon for an artist to use old paper.&nbsp; lol</p><p><br /></p><p>If you find it is stable oil-based ink, then it is most likely printer&#039;s ink. Don&#039;t make a scratch on it, a very light sample can be taken without harm. A good artist can help you with this. However, I am going to guess that it is from a book unless you can confirm india ink. I believe the brown &quot;ink&quot; on the back to be from prints stacked on top of one another and not quite dry. I&#039;ll go back to take another look at it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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