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Buste de Victor Hugo
Details
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Buste de Victor Hugo
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the right side of the base)
plaster
Height: 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.)
Conceived in 1884; this version cast in 1885
Buste de Victor Hugo
signed 'A.Rodin' (on the right side of the base)
plaster
Height: 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.)
Conceived in 1884; this version cast in 1885
Provenance
Julien Penel, journalist and administrator of La République Française, to whom given by the artist in June 1885 and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 11 October 1884 (Musée Rodin archives no. 258).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 16 May 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 259).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 10 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 260).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 14 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 261).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 23 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 262).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 27 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 263).
Letter from J. Penel to Rodin, 30 July 1885.
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 16 May 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 259).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 10 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 260).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 14 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 261).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 23 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 262).
Letter from J. de Biez to Rodin, 27 June 1885 (Musée Rodin archives no. 263).
Letter from J. Penel to Rodin, 30 July 1885.
Special notice
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