LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with reddish-brown patina

Measurements:

21.65 in. (55.00 cm.) (height)

Markings:

inscribed 'DIANA OF THE TOWER' and '© A. SAINT GAUDENS MDCCCXCV' and stamped 'COPYRIGHT BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS MDCCCXCV' (along the base)

Exhibited:

Ithaca, New York, Cornell University, Johnson Museum of Art, 2016, on loan.

Literature:

J.H. Dryfhout, "Diana," Metamorphoses in Nineteenth Century Sculpture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 201-13. J.H. Dryfhout, The Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 155, 194, 205-10, nos. 121, 144, 154, figs. 154-59, other examples illustrated. K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985, pp. 23, 138-41, pl. VIII, fig. 143, another example illustrated. T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 1, New York, 1999, pp. 308-09, no. 131, another example illustrated. H.J. Duffy, J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2003, pp. 81-83, no. 43, another example illustrated. T. Tolles, Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, p. 34, fig. 42, another example illustrated.

Provenance:

Private collection, Fairfield, Texas. Christie's, New York, 6 December 1991, lot 57, sold by the above. Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1991.