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Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Maupassant and Others

Result EUR44,640
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 08 April 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 3 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The 48th Aristophil sale focused on great French 19th-century writers and their private letters.

Victor Hugo (1802–1885), Paysage au burg (Landscape with Burg), 1842, brown ink wash,... Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Maupassant and Others

Victor Hugo (1802–1885), Paysage au burg (Landscape with Burg), 1842, brown ink wash, ink and brown ink on paper, 9 x 18.7 cm/3.54 x 7.36 in.
Result: €44,640

When literature and the fine arts come together, Victor Hugo cannot be far behind. He made some of the 19 th century’s most beautiful drawings, including this ghostly wash from 1842, Paysage au burg ( Landscape with Burg ), which fetched €46,640. While small in size…
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