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Bust of Victor Hugo
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About this work
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).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBust of Victor Hugo, 1883. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; overall: 56.2 x 26.8 x 26.1 cm (22 1/8 x 10 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.580
