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PLANTING ROOTS.

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From: WWD
Date: 19990309
Author:Weisman, Melissa A.

NEW YORK -- Marie Hugo, Victor Hugo's great-great-granddaughter, is ready to make her mark. Now, after living abroad for more than 20 years, Hugo has returned to her point of departure -- her family's property in the South of France -- where memories, history and lotus leaves are the backdrop for her most recent ink paintings.

Strolling through W.M. Brady & Co., a gallery on New York's Upper East side, Hugo prepares to show her work for the first time in this country. The exhibition, which opens today and runs through March 26, features her series on lotus plants, ...

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