LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gilt bronze

Measurements:

42.01 in. (106.70 cm.) (height)

Markings:

inscribed 'AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS/FECIT·M·C·M·II' (along the base)--inscribed 'COPYRIGHT·BY·A·H·SAINT·GAUDENS·/1912' (along the base)

Literature:

J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, p. 256, figs. 184-89, another example illustrated. J.A. Gordon, Cast in the Shadow: Models for Public Sculpture in America, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1985, pp. 68-69, fig. 29, another example illustrated. K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, pp. 156-63, 175. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., From the Studio: Selections of American Sculpture, 1811-1941, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1986, pp. 44-45, no. 28, another example illustrated. M.A. Goley, B. Wilkinson, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor, From the Collection of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1992, p. VIII, no. 33. T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 318-20, no. 136, 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. 70-71, no. 36, another example illustrated. T. Tolles, Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2009, p. 41, fig. 47, another example illustrated.

Provenance:

Charles Deering, Evanston, Illinois. Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, Jr., Miami, Florida. Christie’s, New York, 1 December 1989, lot 83, sold by the above. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above. Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1989.