Gustave Doré
French · 1832–1883 · Painter, Printmaker
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was a French artist. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, especially those for the… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Le pont de Londres la nuit, sans-abri de Londres endormis sur un bancKornfeld · CHF 30,000≈ $37,509≈ £27,758≈ €32,100Sign up to see
- Christ Carrying the CrossCottone Auctions · $12,200≈ £9,340≈ €10,596Sign up to see
Among the Hartz MountainsBonhams · $3,840≈ £2,929≈ €3,326Sign up to see
Gustave Doré’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
4 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
18 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $12.2kSign up | $12.2kSign up | $12.2kSign up |
| Oil | 1 | 1 | 100% | $12.2kSign up | $12.2kSign up | $12.2kSign up |
| Works on paper | 5 | 3 | 60% | $14.1kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $37.5kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 1 | 50% | $3.8kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $37.5kSign up | $37.5kSign up | $37.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 1 | 50% | $1kSign up | $1kSign up | $1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 4 | 2 | 50% | $174Sign up | $174Sign up | $289Sign up |
| Etching | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $289Sign up | $289Sign up | $289Sign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $59Sign up | $59Sign up | $59Sign up |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.