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

Homer Saint-Gaudens

Price Realised USD 16,250
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 21 Nov 2017
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Homer Saint-Gaudens

Price Realised USD 16,250
Closed: 21 Nov 2017
Price Realised USD 16,250
Closed: 21 Nov 2017
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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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