London, two drawings by Alberto Giacometti tracked down.

Two drawings by Alberto Giacometti have been found in London: the discovery dates back to last year, but the news broke in recent hours, after experts ascertained the authenticity of the sheet and included it in the Swiss artist’s catalog raisonné. These are sketches occupying two sides of a single sheet (they have been catalogued as two separate works) that belonged to the antiquarian Eila Grahame, who passed away in 2010.Cambridge auction house Cheffins last year had been responsible for drawing up an inventory of the assets that were in her store on Kensington Church Street in London.

Two Giacometti drawings were presumed to exist among Grahame’s works, but were thought to have been lost as they were not immediately located. “At the time,” Martin Millard, one of Cheffins’ managers, explained to the Guardian, “we didn’t even know whether they were two pieces of paper, two large sketches, whether they were drawn on a cigarette packet or on larger canvases. In short, we didn’t know what we were looking for. We later found them buried under a mountain of antiques, paintings and drawings covered in dust.”

The sheet features a series of head studies on one side and a nude of a standing woman on the other side. The marks are traced in pencil, and Giacometti’s signature also appears on the sheet, along with the date 1947. Authentication came from the Giacometti Foundation. “These drawings,” Millard continued, “have never been seen by the public, and we are waiting for them to generate interest from museums or galleries around the world, as well as from collectors.” The drawings will be auctioned on October 12: the estimate of the sheet is between £40,000 and £60,000, and proceeds from the sale will go to theArt Fund, the British body that handles acquisitions of works for national museums.

Pictured is a detail of the rediscovered drawings.

London, two drawings by Alberto Giacometti tracked down.

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