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Property from Stevenson College, University of California, Santa Cruz
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
Head of Victory
Details
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
Head of Victory
inscribed 'NIKH•EIPHNH' (on the front of the base)--inscribed 'AVGVSTVS/SAINT-GAVDENS/ASPFT•M•C•M•II’ (on the right side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high on a 4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) marble base
Head of Victory
inscribed 'NIKH•EIPHNH' (on the front of the base)--inscribed 'AVGVSTVS/SAINT-GAVDENS/ASPFT•M•C•M•II’ (on the right side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high on a 4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) marble base
Provenance
The artist.
Mr. Charles H. Caffin, gift from the above.
Ms. Freda Caffin, by descent.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1972.
Mr. Charles H. Caffin, gift from the above.
Ms. Freda Caffin, by descent.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1972.
Literature
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 17, 257-58, 288, no. 185, other examples illustrated (as Head of Victory, second version).
H.J. Duffy, J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, Washington, D.C., 2003, pp. 70, 72, fig. 37, a plaster example illustrated.
H.J. Duffy, J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, Washington, D.C., 2003, pp. 70, 72, fig. 37, a plaster example illustrated.
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