Victor Hugo (three-quarter view), 1885, Drypoint on laid paper; second state of eight, Image: 7 5/8 x 5 7/16 in. (19.4 x 13.8 cm), Prints, Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon), The author of Notre-Dame de Paris(1831) and Les Misérables (1862) was an old man when Rodin proposed to make his portrait. Hugo's patience with sittings had been strained to the breaking point by another sculptor whose efforts are reported to have produced a mediocre bust
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Victor Hugo, three-quarter view, 1885, Drypoint, laid paper, second state, eight, Image, 7 5/8 x 5 7/16, 19.4 13.8 cm, Prints, Auguste Rodin, French, Paris, 1840–1917, Meudon, author, Notre-Dame de, 1831, Les Misérables, 1862, old man, Rodin proposed, portrait, Hugo, patience, sittings, strained, breaking point, another sculptor, efforts, reported, produced, mediocre bust
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