AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)

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AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)

'The Women's Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association Presentation Medal', A Bronze Medal

inscribed on the obverse E.PLVRIBVS.VNVM.THE.BEST.SHALL..SERVE.THE.STATE., the reverse inscribed .THE.WOMENS.AVXILIARY.OF.THE.MASSACHVSETTS.CIVIL.SERVICE.REFORM.ASSOC IATION., H.P.H. 1909, presented to Patience G. Bowen, the side inscribed PRESENTED BY THE HYDE PARK CURRENT EVENTS CLUB
5in. (12.7cm.) diameter, brown patina

Literature

J.H. Dryfhout, The Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, cat. no. 199, p. 273

Lot Essay

Saint-Gaudens' niece, Marian Clark Nichols, was one of the officers of the Women's Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association. She commissioned the medal from the artist who had it cast by Gorham.