A full oil portrait will set you back something like 30,000, but you can get a charcoal sketch for just 2,500.
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A charcoal sketch of the painting sold for $107,000 in 1999.
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Almost timeless are the fine arts media of charcoal sketch, oil paint, watercolor, pen and ink drawing, sculpture, and etching.
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The show moves from his shadowy monochromes, his charcoal sketches and lithographs, towards the pastels and oil paintings which glow with a vaporous brightness.
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He produced only a handful of charcoal sketches from this period in his life.
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