Victor-Marie Hugo

Private Collection, France,
acquired from the above by the late owner in 2001

Venice, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ca'Pesaro, Victor Hugo Peintre, 1993, no. 25, reproduced; Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, Victor Hugo - Caos en el Pincel... / Victor Hugo. Du Chaos dans le pinceau, 2000, no. 167, reproduced;
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Turner, Hugo, Moreau: Entdeckung der Abstraktion, 2007-08, no. 125, reproduced;
Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum; Paris, Musée d'Orsay; Schwarze Romantik. Von Goya bis Max Ernst / L'ange du bizarre. Le romantisme noir de Goya à Max Ernst, 2012-13, no. 59 (Frankfurt), no. 47 (Paris), reproduced

The sheet has not been laid down, and instead its extreme edges are attached by tape to the mat on the reverse. Apart from light undulation of the sheet this work is in good condition. Presented framed and glazed, the extreme edges of the sheet visible and not covered by the mat. For any questions regarding this lot please contact Richard Lowkes in the 19th Century European Paintings department on 020 7293 5477.
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Executed in 1856.

To be included in the forthcoming Victor Hugo drawings catalogue raisonné by Pierre Georgel.