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Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges
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Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

Medium

Brush and iron gall washes, pen and iron gall ink, white gouache; outline of castle obtained by using a paper stencil

Dimensions

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (47 x 31 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Donald Young Foundation Gift, Harry G. Sperling Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey Gift, 2012

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Victor Hugo

1802–1885France

In addition to his literary output, Hugo produced a large number of visual works on paper. These constitute a mass of drawings in various media, comprising views of landscapes and buildings drawn from life or wholly imagined. He employed experimental techniques, using stencils, and impressions of fabric or other objects. He often reworked inkblots or stains into fantastic landscapes or figures, though some of these works remain purely abstract.