Property from the Wolf Family Collection
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Portrait Relief of Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens
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October 4, 05:02 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Wolf Family Collection
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1848 - 1907
Portrait Relief of Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens
inscribed (upper center)
bronze
7½ by 4 in.
19 by 10.2 cm.
Conceived in 1882.
John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, no. 100, pp. 126-27, another version illustrated
The inscription located on the upper register of this bronze plaque reads as follows:
TO·MY·FRIEND·DOCTOR·HENRY·SCHIFF·THIS·PORTRAIT· / OF·MY·SON·HOMER·SCHIFF·SAINT·GAVDENS·AT·THE· / AGE·OF·SEVENTEEN·MONTHS·AVGVSTVS·SAINT / GAVDENS·NEW·YORK·FEBRUARY·M·D·C·C·C·L·X· / X·X·I·I