Hugo Robus

May 4–June 12, 1960

Bronze abstract sculpture of a curled, bowed figure mounted on a small wooden base.
Bronze abstract sculpture of a curled, bowed figure mounted on a small wooden base.

Hugo Robus, Despair, 1927. Bronze, overall: 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (35.2 × 24.8 × 34.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 40.23a-b

Hugo Robus was organized by the American Federation of Arts, New York.

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