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'Robert Louis Stevenson'
Details
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
'Robert Louis Stevenson'
inscribed with several stanzas from Underwoods by Stevenson (upper center) and 'Augustus Saint-Gaudens' (upper right)--stamped with the sculptor's copyright seal and dated 'MDCCCXCIX'(lower right)
bronze with brown patina
oval, 11¾ x 11½ in. (29.9 x 29.2 cm.)
This work retains its original Stanford White-designed oak frame.
'Robert Louis Stevenson'
inscribed with several stanzas from Underwoods by Stevenson (upper center) and 'Augustus Saint-Gaudens' (upper right)--stamped with the sculptor's copyright seal and dated 'MDCCCXCIX'(lower right)
bronze with brown patina
oval, 11¾ x 11½ in. (29.9 x 29.2 cm.)
This work retains its original Stanford White-designed oak frame.
Literature
J.H. Dryfhout and B. Fox, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, New York, 1969, nos. 39-41, other examples illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, Metamorphoses in Nineteenth Century Sculpture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 187-200, fig. 9, another example illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 173-76, fig. 133-4, other examples illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, Metamorphoses in Nineteenth Century Sculpture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 187-200, fig. 9, another example illustrated.
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 173-76, fig. 133-4, other examples illustrated.