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When Doré’s Pencil Meets Shakespeare’s Text

Result EUR89,496
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 15 May 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - 210, rue Louis-Armand, Z.I. Les Milles - 13290 Aix-en-Provence

If one painter epitomizes the spirit of Romanticism, it is Gustave Doré. He could not help but illustrate the tale of Macbeth, a medieval chronicle retold by the brilliant English playwright.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Macbeth dans la grotte des sorcières (Macbeth in the Witches’... When Doré’s Pencil Meets Shakespeare’s Text

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Macbeth dans la grotte des sorcières (Macbeth in the Witches’ Cave), around 1866-1870, mixed technique on paper, signed lower right, 47 x 38 cm.
Result : €89,496

Macbeth dans la grotte des sorcières (“Macbeth in the Witches’ Cave”), mixed technique, ca. 1866-1870, is indeed the fruit of an alliance. Published for the first time in 1623 in the First Folio…
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