id:			119747
accession number:	1940.580
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.580
updated:		2024-08-08 15:13:35.488000

Bust 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

title:				Bust of Victor Hugo
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creation date:			1883
creation date earliest:		1883
creation date latest:		1883
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 56.2 x 26.8 x 26.1 cm (22 1/8 x 10 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed beneath fold of drapery to left: "A. Rodin"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections
	opening date:   1942-01-06T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).

	title:		19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans
	opening date:   1943-06-22T04:00:00
	<i>19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).

	title:		Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter
	opening date:   1956-03-08T05:00:00
	<i>Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Knoedler
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	[M. Knoedler & Co.]; Estate of James Parmelee
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Tacha, Athena. <em>Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 90-91, cat. no. III; Reproduced: p. [4], Plate 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/RodinSculpture/page/n104

	Tacha, Athena. <em>A Supplement to Rodin Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 124S, cat. no. III
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