About the Artwork
Victor Hugo
1884
Alfred Borrel
1836 - 1927
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 2 5/8 inches (6.7 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
22.187
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Markings
Signed and dated at lower left on obverse side: A. BORREL / 1884.
Reverse: NE / A BESANCON / (DOUBS) / LE 26 / FEVRIER / 1802.
Provenance
Purchased at the Paris Mint, Paris
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R.P. "French Medals Acquired" Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 4, no. 8, 1923, pp. 67-68, p. 67 (ill)
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Alfred Borrel, Victor Hugo, 1884, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 22.187.
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