LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with dark brown patina

Size Notes:

Diameter 45 cm

Markings:

Inscribed to Robert Lovis/stevenson, Avgvstvs/saint Gavdens, 'MDCCCLXXXVII' and With the Poem.. Youth Now Flees on Feathered Foot. (Upper Half); Also Inscribed Copyright by Avgvstvssaintgavdens (Lower Center)

Literature:

John H. Dryfhout, . The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens , Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, no. 133, p. 174, illustrations of other examples p. 175. Kathryn Greenthal, . Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985, illustration of another example fig. 117, p. 121. Augustus Saint Gaudens 1848-1907: A Master of American Sculpture , Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France; Musée National de la Coopération Franco-Américaine, Château de Blérancourt, France (in cooperation with the Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire), 1999, illustration of another example no. 67, p. 165

Provenance:

James Earl Fraser. His wife. Private collection, 1966 (acquired from the above). By descent to the present owner (his son