Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Victory Relief
No reserve
Lot Closed
April 24, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1848 - 1907
Victory Relief
inscribed NIKH-EIPHNH (upper center); inscribed COPYRIGHT BY A SAINT GAUDENS MCM VII (along the lower edge); stamped with the artist's monogram (lower right)
bronze
9½ x 9½ in. (24.1 x 24.1 cm.)
Conceived circa 1905.
We are grateful to Dr. Henry Duffy for his assistance cataloguing this lot.
Carlotta Saint-Gaudens Miller (acquired by descent through the artist's family)
Christie's New York, June 3, 1983 (consigned by the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0649 (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, June 3, 1983 (consigned by the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0649 (acquired from the above)
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 2009-23 (on loan)
John H. Dryfhout, The Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, no. 205, p. 288, another example illustrated