Victor Hugo, De Face

1886

Auguste Rodin

Associated Names
Auguste Rodin

Artist, French, 1840 - 1917

The image shows two sketched portraits of the same man in black ink on a beige background. The primary portrait is centered at the top, depicting the man's head and shoulders at a slight angle. The man has a full beard and mustache with deep lines on his face. His hair is short and slicked back. Below and to the right is a smaller sketch of the man in a similar pose but from a different angle, showing his profile. The background is plain with crosshatched shading. There are no additional elements in the piece, and the lower right corner bears the signature "Rodin."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7407

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 7, State ii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 89.

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 30.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65019089

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