Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935)

'Caestus'

Details

Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935)
'Caestus'
inscribed 'C.H. Niehaus.Sc.1901' (on the base)
bronze
35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high

Literature

T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Catalogue of Works by Born before 1865, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 356-57, another example illustrated.

Lot Essay

Modeled circa 1883-85, Caestus was first cast in 1901. Other examples are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C..

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