Jan 23, 2003 - Sale 1957

Sale 1957 - Lot 311

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GUSTAVE DORÉ
(Paris 1832-1883 Paris)
A London Street Scene (Study for "Les Pauvres").

Pencil and stumping on cream wove paper. 375x673 mm; 14 3/4x26 1/2 inches. With the artist's red ink stamp (Lugt supplement 681a, lower right recto).

Probably a study for the wood engraving Pauvres londoniens (unpublished), in the collection of P. Y. Gabus, Bevaix (see Kaenel, Gustave Doré Réaliste Visionaire 1832-1883, Geneva, 1985, p. 57, figure 80).