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Just a Creeper with a Broken Arm

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Gustave Doré's 1857 illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
Doré was 23 years old in 1855, when he first decided to create a series of engravings for a deluxe edition of Dante’s classic. He was already the highest-paid illustrator in France, with popular editions of Rabelais and Balzac under his belt, but Doré was unable to convince his publisher, Louis Hachette, to finance such an ambitious and expensive project.
The young artist decided to pay the publishing costs for the first book himself. When the illustrated Inferno came out in 1861, it sold out fast. Hachette summoned Doré back to his office with a telegram: “Success! Come quickly! I am an ass!”
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  1. Coucher de soleil bronze-violet1, 1911.
  2. Coucher de soleil à Grâce ciel orangé et violet, 1918.
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