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The Hanged Man
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The Hanged Man

ca. 1855–60

Medium

Brush and ink wash on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 12 x 7 11/16 in. (30.5 x 19.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Kristina and Guy Wildenstein, 2003

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.