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Victor Hugo (full face)

Auguste Rodin | Victor Hugo

1885

Medium

Drypoint on laid paper; second state of nine

Tags

Faces Men Poets

Dimensions

Image: 6 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. (17.6 x 13.5 cm) Plate: 8 13/16 x 6 15/16 in. (22.4 x 17.6 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (28.6 x 21.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1916

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Auguste Rodin

1840–1917 • France

François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 trip to Italy proved transformative when encountering Michelangelo's work liberated him from academic constraints.

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