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Study Head of a Black Soldier

1883/1893

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Associated Names

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

The sculpture is a bust representing a human head with detailed facial features, such as the eyes, nose, and mouth. The subject appears to be wearing a cap. The sculpture is made of bronze with a developed patina, giving it a greenish hue. The head is mounted on a plain rectangular base, elevating it to eye level for clear observation.

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery M66

Artwork overview

Medium

plaster
Credit Line

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire
Dimensions

overall: 15.6 x 12.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

X.15226

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998.

2013

Tell It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 - 2014, no. 62.

Wikidata ID

Q63861649

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