Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Jules Bastian LePage with paintbrush and palette
Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Jules Bastian LePage with paintbrush and palette, framed

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Jules Bastien LePage
Bronze, 14 1/4 H. x 10 1/8 W. inches

Alt text: Bronze bas relief of a man in profile

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Dr. William E. Johnston, 1879
Bronze bas-relief, 9 ¾ H. x 6 ⅝ W. inches
Inscribed in part: GVLIELMVS EDWARDVS JOHNSTON / MRS JOHNSTON FROM DOCTOR CARY
Signed, monogram and dated: A ST G / FECIT PARIS / MDCCCLXXIX
Dark brown patina

Provenance:
Private collection, Buffalo, New York

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Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a woman holding a bow and arrow
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a woman holding a bow and arrow
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a woman holding a bow and arrow, detail
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a woman holding a bow and arrow, detail
Alt text: exhibition label

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Diana of the Tower, 1899
Bronze, dark brown patina
Dimensions of figure: 24 ½ H. x 16 W. x 8 D. inches
Bronze casting, executed at E. Gruet, Foundry, Paris, circa 1899
Overall height of base to top of bow: 36 ¼ H. inches
Mounted to original dark green variegated marble base: 5 ½ H. x 6 ½ Square, inches
Original paper label underneath base: The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture,
October 22 to December 1, 1907. Lender, Spaulding & Company, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
The Artist
Henry A. Spaulding, Spaulding & Co., Chicago, Illinois, circa 1890
Private collection, Stratford, Connecticut, circa 1960
Private collection, Whitney, Connecticut, circa 2000

Exhibited:
The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, October 22 to December 1, 1907. Lender, Spaulding & Company, Chicago, Illinois

Reference:
Catalogue of the Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, October 22 to December 1, 1907, page 42, catalogue number 312.

The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John H. Dryfhout, University Press, 1982. Pages, 34, 206, 210.

Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Jules Bastian LePage with paintbrush and palette
Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Jules Bastian LePage with paintbrush and palette
Alt text: Verso of relief

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Jules Bastien LePage
Bronze, 14 1/2 H. x 10 3/8 W. inches

Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Robert Louis Stevenson writing in bed
Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Robert Louis Stevenson writing in bed
Alt text: Bronze bas relief of Robert Louis Stevenson, verso

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bronze, 17 3/4 H. x 18 W. inches