Lot 112
  • 112

Gustave Doré

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gustave Doré
  • The way to Jerusalem
  • Pencil, pen, wash and white gouache on colored paper
    Signed lower left G. Doré

  • 46,7 x 34,6 cm ; 18 by 13 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sale, New York, May 22st 2007, lot 1001 ;
Jacques Grange Collection, Paris (purchased from the above)

Literature

Gustave Doré 1832-1883, catalogue d'exposition, Musée d'Art Moderne - Cabinet des estampes, Strasbourg, Septembre - Novembre 1983, p. 263, n° 446 (for an illustration of the print)

Condition

- Two scratches on the lower part of the composition (visible on the photograph), barely visible given the movement in that area - a couple of superficial dirt spots, upper left and upper right - the white gouache seems to have oxidized in some areas, especially on the angel’s hair, drapery, left arm, and flag. Overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

In the Gustave Doré exhibition catalogue (Musée d'Art moderne, Strasburg, 1983, p. 263, n°446), Michèle Lavallée writes that Doré was quite fond of the Cruisades as a theme as they regrouped different universes that he enjoyed to represent : war, Middle-Ages, religion, horror and exotism.