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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.51
People
Victor Marie Hugo, French (1802 - 1885)
Title
Pyramids
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1861/62
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372823

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash on cream wove paper
Dimensions
23.6 × 38.6 cm (9 5/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, graphite: VI II 962

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Hugo (1894-1984). [Sotheby's, Monte-Carlo, June 15, 1981, lot 16]. Private Collection, Paris. [Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.51
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jean Massin and Bernadette Grynberg, Victor Hugo: oeuvres complètes, Le Club français du livre (Paris, 1967-1970), vol. 18, no. 962, repr.
  • Dessins et ébauches de Victor Hugo provenant de la succession Victor Hugo, exh. cat., Galerie Lucie Weill (Paris, 1972), cat. no. 75, repr.
  • Cinquante Dessins de Victor Hugo, auct. cat., Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S. A. (Monte Carlo, June 15, 1981), pp. 28-29, lot 16, repr. p. 29
  • Victor Hugo, pittore, exh. cat., Mazzotta (Milan, 1993), pp. 151, 223, cat. no 48, repr. p. 151
  • "Du chaos dans le pinceau:" Victor Hugo, dessins, exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Maison de Victor Hugo, and Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, 2000), no. 186

Exhibition History

  • Dessins et ébauches de Victor Hugo provenant de la succession Victor Hugo, Galerie Lucie Weill, 02/16/1972 - 03/21/1972
  • Victor Hugo peintre, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, 03/13/1993 - 05/23/1993
  • "Du chaos dans le pinceau:" Victor Hugo, dessins, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 06/02/2000 - 09/10/2000; Maison de Victor Hugo, 10/12/2000 - 01/07/2001
  • 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/14/2022 - 02/27/2023

Verification Level

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