American Art
American Art
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Head of Victory
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1848 - 1907
Head of Victory
inscribed NIKH-EIPHNH (along the base); also inscribed A·ST.GAUDENS·M·C·MV II·, stamped COPYRIGHT and inscribed again SAINT GAUDENS (beneath the neck)
bronze with dark brown patina
height: 8 inches (20.3 cm) on a 4 ⅝ inch (11.7 cm) marble base
We are grateful to Dr. Henry Duffy for his assistance cataloguing this lot.
Private collection, Bristol, United Kingdom
By descent to the present owner
By descent to the present owner
Lewis C. Hind, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New York, 1908, n.p.
Homer Saint-Gaudens, ed., The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New York, 1913, vol. II, pp. 290-91
Buckner Hollingsworth, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New York, 1948, p. 50, illustration of another example
Albert T.E. Gardner, American Sculpture, New York, 1965, pp. 54-55
John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, no. 185, pp. 257-58, illustrations of other examples
Kathryn Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985, pp. 32,175, illustration of another example
John H. Dryfhout, Henry Duffy, Gregory C. Schwarz, et al., Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907: A Master of American Sculpture, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 138, illustration of another example
Thayer Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. I, New York, 1999, no. 137, pp. 321-22, illustration of another example
Thayer Tolles, Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009, fig. 63, p. 53, illustration of another example
Homer Saint-Gaudens, ed., The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New York, 1913, vol. II, pp. 290-91
Buckner Hollingsworth, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New York, 1948, p. 50, illustration of another example
Albert T.E. Gardner, American Sculpture, New York, 1965, pp. 54-55
John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, no. 185, pp. 257-58, illustrations of other examples
Kathryn Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985, pp. 32,175, illustration of another example
John H. Dryfhout, Henry Duffy, Gregory C. Schwarz, et al., Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907: A Master of American Sculpture, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 138, illustration of another example
Thayer Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. I, New York, 1999, no. 137, pp. 321-22, illustration of another example
Thayer Tolles, Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009, fig. 63, p. 53, illustration of another example