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Hugo Robus (1885-1964) Figure in Grief 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high (Modeled in 1952; Cast circa 1963.) image 1
Hugo Robus (1885-1964) Figure in Grief 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high (Modeled in 1952; Cast circa 1963.) image 2
Hugo Robus (1885-1964) Figure in Grief 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high (Modeled in 1952; Cast circa 1963.) image 3
Hugo Robus (1885-1964) Figure in Grief 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high (Modeled in 1952; Cast circa 1963.) image 4
PROPERTY FROM A WASHINGTON, D.C. COLLECTION
Lot 224

Hugo Robus
(1885-1964)
Figure in Grief 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high

28 July – 7 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, New York

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Hugo Robus (1885-1964)

Figure in Grief
inscribed 'HUGO ROBUS' and stamped with the Fonderia Artistica Battaglia foundry mark (along the base)
bronze with gold patina
12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high
Modeled in 1952; Cast circa 1963.

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, New York, September 27, 1990, lot 159.
Private collection, acquired at the above sale.
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 2006, lot 145, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.

Literature
Forum Gallery, Hugo Robus, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1963, n.p., no. 14, another example listed.
The Art Journal, Summer 1963, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 263, another example illustrated.
Sculptors Guild, Sculpture 1964, exhibition catalog, New York, 1964, n.p., another example illustrated.
Today's Art, New Orleans, March 1965, another example illustrated on the front cover.
Forum Gallery, L. Goodrich, Hugo Robus (1885-1964): Memorial Exhibition, New York, 1966, n.p., no. 3, another example listed.
R.K. Tarbell, Hugo Robus (1884-1964), Washington, D.C., 1980, pp. 99, 101, 116, 208-09, 238-39, cat. no. 83, fig. 82, another example illustrated.

There are six known bronze examples of Figure in Grief, including the present work, that were cast by Fonderia Battaglia. One bronze cast was requested by the artist on April 11, 1962, one on January 6, 1963, two on April 1963, and two on an unspecified date. (R.K. Tarbell, Hugo Robus (1885-1964), exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 209)

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