Lot 192
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Property from the Estate of Richard J. Schwartz
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Homer Saint-Gaudens

    Price Realised USD 16,250
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    USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
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    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

    Homer Saint-Gaudens

    Price Realised USD 16,250
    Price Realised USD 16,250
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    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
    Homer Saint-Gaudens
    inscribed 'TO∙MY∙FRIEND∙DOCTOR∙HENRY∙SCHIFF∙THIS∙PORTRAIT∙/OF MY SON HOMER∙SCHIFF SAINT-GAUDENS∙AT∙THE∙/AGE∙OF∙SEVENTEEN∙MONTHS∙AVGVTVS∙ SAINT∙GAVDENS∙NEW YORK∙FEBRVARY M∙D∙C∙C∙C∙L∙X∙/∙X∙X∙I∙I∙' (upper center)
    bronze relief with brown patina
    19 ½ x 10 in. (49.6 x 25.4 cm.)
    Modeled in 1887.
    Provenance
    Gerald Peters Gallery, New York.
    Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1998.
    Literature
    J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 126-127, another example illustrated.
    K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 110, fig. 102, another example illustrated.
    Federal Reserve Board Gallery, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1992, p. 8, no. 26.
    H.J. Duffy, J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, Washington, D.C., 2003, p. 113, no. 73, another example illustrated.
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