ID 1105746
Lot 82 | GUSTAVE DORÉ (FRENCH, 1832-1883)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Un torrent dans l'Engadine
signed 'G' Doré' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 ¼ x 69 in. (127.6 x 175.3 cm.)
Provenance
with The Doré Gallery, London.
General Charles Whittier, Boston, by 1881.
with William Schaus, New York.
American Society for Friendship with Switzerland; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 29 April 1965, lot 110.
with Central Picture Galleries, New York.
Private Collection, Boston.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 1997, lot 15, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
B. Jerrold, Life of Gustave Doré with one hundred and thirty eight illustrations from original drawings by Doré, London, 1891, p. 408.
R.B. Simon, 'Doré in the Highlands', The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, vol. 47, New York, 1989, pp. 53-60.
Exhibited
London, The Doré Gallery, 1881, no. 11.
Syracuse, Museum of Fine Arts, Inaugural Exhibition, 1900-1901.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Romantic and Fantastic Landscapes, 1991.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Prized Possessions: European Paintings from Private Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1992, no. 42.
| Artist: | Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) |
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| Artist: | Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) |
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