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Contact Exhibitor| Artist Name | Gustave Doré (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris) |
|---|---|
| Title | Shipwrecks Beneath the Sea (Au fond de la mer) |
| Date of Artwork | c.1870s |
| Medium | Watercolour and pen and brown ink, heightened with touches of white, over an underdrawing in pencil. |
| Size | 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. • 394 x 489 mm |
Provenance
The studio of the artist, Paris (Lugt 681a); The second vente Doré, Paris, Hôtel Drouot [Chevallier], 14-15 April 1885, lot 257 ('Au fond de la mer. Aquarelle. Haut., 38 cent.; larg., 48 cent.'); Pierre Miquel, Paris(?); His posthumous sale ('Collection Pierre Miquel'), Paris, Hôtel Drouot [Rossini], 31 March 2004, lot 338; Private collection, Paris.