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Intimate Portraits – Original Ink Portraits for Sale

Four original ink drawings. One opportunity to collect them directly from the artist.

Status: Upcoming auction
Starts on: 02/04/2026 - 21:00 CET
Ended on: 26/03/2026 - 12:00 CET
Art Advisory

This auction is independently supported by Art Advisor Ainhoa Fernández.

Original ink drawings for sale — Intimate Portraits

Intimate Portraits — Original Ink Drawings is a curated auction presenting a selection of original works on paper by Italian artist Dario Moschetta. The series focuses on the human figure as a space of presence, where identity emerges through line, density, and controlled gesture rather than narrative description.

Each drawing is built through controlled linework, tonal density, and compositional balance. The figure emerges through layers of ink rather than color.

Original ink portraits exploring body and perception

The selection moves through different states of presence. A female profile is defined by clarity and structural precision, where line builds the form with control and balance. In contrast, another portrait emerges from a dark, dense background, where the figure appears through light and subtraction rather than construction.

A more intimate drawing presents the body in a suspended position, where the head tilts upward and the form is articulated through layered cross-hatching and tonal density. The figure is not described but gradually revealed through accumulation.

A frontal portrait introduces a direct confrontation. The gaze is stable, almost static, and the drawing builds tension through fragmentation and repeated marks, creating a surface where the image feels both constructed and unstable.

Together, the works establish a dialogue between clarity and density, exposure and concealment. Each drawing follows a different internal logic, yet all are grounded in the same investigation of the body as structure.

The body as structure in ink drawing

In Moschetta’s practice, the body is treated as a visual structure rather than a fixed representation. The drawing process reveals presence through repetition, variation, and subtle distortion, allowing the subject to exist between realism and abstraction.

This auction presents a group of original ink drawings for sale, offered directly by the artist through an independent platform, without intermediaries.

Lotto 1

Dario Moschetta

Portrait 275A – 2020

Estimate:
€160 - 190

Starting Bid:
€80

Lotto 2

Dario Moschetta

Portrait 242B – 2024

Estimate:
€160 - 190

Starting Bid:
€80

Lotto 3

Dario Moschetta

Portrait 256A – 2020

Estimate:
€160 - 190

Starting Bid:
€80

Lotto 4

Dario Moschetta

Portrait 247A – Lynch – 2018

Estimate:
€160 - 190

Starting Bid:
€80

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