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Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American, 1848 - 1907

Jules Bastien-Lepage
1880: bronze; overall: 36.83 × 26.67 × 2.22 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 7/8 in.); framed: 48.26 × 38.1 × 4.45 cm (19 × 15 × 1 3/4 in.); Corcoran Collection (Gift of Louis E. Shecter); 2014.136.262; Not on View

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Inscription

across top center: IVLES-BASAtiEN-LEPAGE-AETATIS-XXXI-PARIS.M.D.C.C.C.LXXX.AUGUSTUS / SAINT-GAUDENS.FECIT.

Provenance

Louis E. Shecter [1901-1992], Baltimore; gift April 1966 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Exhibition History

1966: Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1983: Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 June - 28 August 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 23.

1984: Marble and Bronze: 100 Years of American Sculpture 1840-1940, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, 9 October - 6 November 1984, no. 9, repro.

2009: American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1984: Cibulka, Cheryl A. Marble and Bronze, 100 Years of American Sculpture 1840-1940. Washington, 1984: 14.