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Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
Richard Watson, Helena de Kay and Rodman Gilder
inscribed 'RICHARD·WATSON·GILDER·HIS·WIFE·HELENA·/DE-KAY·AND·RODMAN·DE-KAY·GILDER/PARIS·/M·D·C·C·C·LXXIX·AVG·SAINT·GAVDENS/ SCVLPTOR·' (upper center)
bronze relief with dark brown patina
8 ½ x 16 ¾ in. (21.6 x 42.5 cm.)
Modeled in 1879.
Provenance
Private collection, Upstate New York.
Wallace Clements Antiques, Chattanooga, Tennessee, acquired from the above, 1961.
Private collection, Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
James Graham & Sons, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1988.
Literature
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, p. 102, no. 82, another example illustrated.
K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 90, fig. 73, another example illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, New York, 1969, n.p., no. 11, another example illustrated.
Federal Reserve Board Gallery, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1992, p. 4, no. 15, another example illustrated.
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