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"inscription": "signed, lower right, in black ink: Luc Olivier Merson; verso, lower center, in graphite: [S Fauti?] J [Dumoni?] 4; lower center, in graphite: [torchon?] / [illegible] Bristol blanc style ancien; lower center, in graphite: 56 - 42 Cadre",
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"description": "(sale, H\u00f4tel Georges V, Paris, June 25, 1975, no. 106)",
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"did_you_know": "After creating this drawing, Luc-Olivier Merson went on to illustrate an important 1889 edition of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the major projects of his career.",
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"description": "Victor Hugo's celebrated 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris tells the story of Quasimodo, a disfigured orphan raised by the archdeacon of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Hugo's novel became an important influence on many artists and helped to define a poetic view of the medieval period and of Gothic architecture that lasted well into the second half of the century. This drawing by Luc-Olivier Merson was reproduced as a wood engraving in an illustrated tribute to Hugo published in 1881.",
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"citation": "Dessins et aquarelles du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Paris: Galerie La Nouvelle Ath\u00e8nes, 2021.",
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