The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 30, 2024

Bust of Victor Hugo

Bust of Victor Hugo

1883
(French, 1840–1917)
France, 19th century
bronze
Overall: 56.2 x 26.8 x 26.1 cm (22 1/8 x 10 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.580
Location: not on view

Description

Unlike most of Rodin’s portraits, the bust of Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was made from memory because the famous French writer refused to sit for the artist. Among Hugo’s best-known novels are The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
  • Knoedler
    [M. Knoedler & Co.]; Estate of James Parmelee
  • Tacha, Athena. Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 90-91, cat. no. III; Reproduced: p. [4], Plate 6 archive.org
    Tacha, Athena. A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned: p. 124S, cat. no. III
  • Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).
    19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
    French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
  • {{cite web|title=Bust of Victor Hugo|url=false|author=Auguste Rodin|year=1883|access-date=30 September 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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