Victor Hugo

first modeled 1883

Not on view

Victor-Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was probably the most famous author and poet of nineteenth-century France. Rodin first exhibited the model for the bust in 1884 at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1884. The portrait would ultimately serve as the source for the head of Hugo in the Monument to Victor Hugo.

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Title: Victor Hugo
Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Date: first modeled 1883
Culture: French
Medium: Bronze, marble base
Dimensions: Overall: 17 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 11 in. (44.5 × 31.8 × 27.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of Virginia Pratt Thayer, Sally Pratt Jackson, Phyllis Pratt Nitz, Edwin H. Baker Pratt and John T. Pratt Jr., 1966
Object Number: 66.85
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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