BOETZEL, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Peau d'Âne, "Le roi, qui s'était mis en tête ce bizarre projet, avait consulté un vieux druide" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Boetzel on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Occasional light worming in margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the composition to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the techniq
Occasional light worming in margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the composition to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the techniq
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