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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.33
People
Gustave Doré, French (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Title
Wood-engraving block [uncut]: Scene from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (?)
Other Titles
Former Title: Woodblock: uncut woodengraving block
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
printing block
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298933

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Uncut woodblock
Dimensions
24.1 x 19.4 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: oval-shaped atelier stamp, lower right, red ink: ATELIER / G-Doré [Lugt 681a]
  • inscription: back of block, black ink: UT. [?] Gustave Doré / No. 2 [in graphite]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[G. Petit et B. Lasquin, Paris, Gustave Doré atelier sale, 1885 (L.681a)]. Donald Oenslager (?-1932), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

Notes:
The uncut woodblock was included either in the first (April 10-11, 1885) or the second (April 14-15, 1885) atelier sale at G. Petit et B. Lasquin, Paris (see Lugt 681a).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Donald Oenslager
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.33
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert Rosenblum and Lisa Small, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, ed. Eric M. Zafran, Yale University Press and Dahesh Museum of Art (New York and New Haven, 2007), p. 179 (in checklist of Gustave Doré works in North American Collections, Fogg Art Museum)

Verification Level

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