Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 30 - November 15, 2009

Checklist

Early Years: 1861-1875

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Stuart Family Cameo Bracelet, ca. 1861-67

Shell, gold, and pearls

7-1/2 in. L. (19.1 cm)

Matilda Dale Brereton

 

Daniel Huntington (1816-1906)

Anna Watson Stuart, ca. 1862

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Denny Brereton, 1943 (43.55.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

John Tuffs, ca. 1861

Shell

1-3/4 x 1-1/2 in. (4.5 x 3.8 cm), case 2-5/8 x 2-5/8 x 3/ 4 in. (6.7 x 6 x 1.9 cm)

Purchase, Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Gift and Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1990 (1990.78.1 a,b)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Hannah Rohr Tuffs, 1872

Shell

2 x 1-1/2 in. (5.1 x 3.8 cm), case 2-5/8 x 2-5/8 x 3/4 in. (6.7 x 6 x 1.9 cm)

Purchase, Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Gift and Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1990

(1990.78.2 a,b)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Eva Rohr, 1872

Marble

18-5/8 x 9-1/4 x 61/2 in. (47.3 x 23.5 x 16.5 cm)

Gift of Allan H. Smith, 1990 (1990.317)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Cicero, 1873-74

Marble

21 in. H. (53.3 cm)

Lent by Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1986 (L.1986.112.4)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Demosthenes, 1873­74

Marble

21-3/4 x 11-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. (55.2 x 29.2 x 27.3 cm)

Lent by Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1986 (L.1986.112.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Young Emperor Augustus, 1872-73

Marble

21 in. H. (53.3 cm)

Lent by Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1986 (L.1986.112.3)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

William Maxwell Evarts, 1872­73; this carving, 1874

Marble

22-5/8 x 12-3/4x 9-1/4 in. (58.1 x 32.4 x 23.5 cm)

Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1987 (1987.405)

 

 

Paris and New York: 1877-1882

 

Designed by James Horton Whitehouse (1833-1902)

Manufactured by Tiffany & Company (founded 1837)

At least five of the six medallions on the body modeled by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Chased by Eugene J. Soligny (1832-1901)

The Bryant Vase, 1875-76

Silver

33-1/2 x 14 x 11-1/4 in. (85.1 x 35.6 x 28.7 cm), diam. 11-1/4 in. (28.7 cm); 452 oz. 16 dwt. (14084.2 g)

Gift of William Cullen Bryant, 1877 (77.9 a,b)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Charles F. McKim, Stanford White, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1878

Bronze

Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1992 (1992.306)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Charles F. McKim,1878

Bronze

7-5/8 x 4-5/8 in. (18.7 x 12.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Charles D. Norton, 1924 (24.20)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Francis Davis Millet, 1879

Bronze

10-5/8 x 6-3/4 in. (27 x 17.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. F. W. Adlard, 1910 (10.223)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Richard Watson Gilder, Helena de Kay Gilder, and Rodman de Kay Gilder, 1879; this cast, ca. 1883-84

Plaster

8-5/8 x 16-5/8 in. (21.9 x 42.9 cm)

Gift of David and Joshua Gilder, 2002 (2002.445)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Rodman de Kay Gilder, 1879; this cast, probably 1880

Bronze

13-1/2 x 16-5/8 in. (34.3 x 42.9 cm)

Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schwartz Gift, 1994 (1994.50)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1880; this cast, 1910

Bronze

14-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. (37.5 x 26.7 cm)

Gift by subscription through the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Committee, 1912 (12.76.4)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Samuel Gray Ward, 1881; this cast, 1908

Bronze,

19 x 13-3/4 in. (48.3 x 34.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1912 (12.29)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

The Children of Prescott Hall Butler, 1880-81; this carving, 1906-7

Marble

24-1/2 x 36 in. (62.2 x 91.4 cm)

Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, 1905 (05.15.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens, 1882; this carving, 1906-7

Marble

20-1/4 x 10-5/8 in. (51.4 x 26.4 cm)

Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, 1905 (05.15.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, 1879-80; this cast, 1910

Bronze

11 x 8 x 8-3/4 in. (27.9 x 20.3 x 22.2 cm)

Gift by subscription through the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Committee, 1912 (12.76.3)

 

 

Decorative Work for Cornelius Vanderbilt II: 1881-1883

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Date panel from the Cornelius Vanderbilt II house, 1880-1882

Mahogany, ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral

24-1/2 x 79 in. (62.2 x 200.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 1925 (25.234b)

 

John La Farge (1835-1910)

Lunette panel from Cornelius Vanderbilt II house, ca. 1880-82

Leaded opalescent glass

30-1/4 x 63 in. (76.8 x 160 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Otto Heinigke, 1916 (16.153.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Cornelius Vanderbilt I, 1882

Bronze

16-1/4 x 22-3/4 in. (41.3 x 57.8 cm)

Heirs of Countess László Széchenyi

 

 

New York and Cornish: The 1880s

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1882; revised 1899

Plaster

14-3/4 in. (37.5 cm)

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

William Henry II and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, 1882

Plaster

16 x 26-1/4 in. (40 x 66.7 cm)

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire

 

 

A Sculptor of National Reputation: The 1880s and 1890s

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer (Mariana Griswold), 1888; this cast, 1890

Bronze

20-5/8 x 7-3/4 in. (51.8 x 19.7 cm), with frame 34-3/4 x 16-1/2 in. (88.3 x 41.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 1917 (17.104)

 

Marina Griswold Van Rensselaer (1852-1934)

Book of American Figure Painters

(Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1886)

Title page, with a reproduction of the central angel for Edwin D. Morgan

Family tomb at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Mrs. Stanford White (Bessie Springs Smith), 1884; this carving, by 1888

Marble

25 x 12 in. (63.5 x 30.5 cm), with frame 39-1/2 x 24 in. (100.3 x 61 cm)

Gift of Erving Wolf Foundation, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1976 (1976.388)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Mrs. Stanford White (Bessie Springs Smith), 1884; this carving, 1893

Bronze

Diam. 14-1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Gift of Anne Tonetti Gugler, 1981 (1981.55.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

The Puritan, 1883-86; this cast, 1899 or after

Bronze

30-1/2 x 18-1/2 x 13 in. (77.5 x 47 x 33 cm)

Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939 (39.65.53)

 

Stanford White (1853-1906)

Sketch of Saint-Gaudens's Statue of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1887

Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper

12 x 18-5/8 in. (30.5 x 46 cm)

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1999 (1999.249)

 

Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Right Hand of Abraham Lincoln, 1860; this cast, 1886

Bronze

L. 6-1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Purchase, Jonathan L. Cohen and Allison B. Morrow Gift and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2007 (2007.185.1)

 

Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln, 1860; this cast, 1886

Bronze

L. 8 in. (20.3 cm)

Purchase, Jonathan L. Cohen and Allison B. Morrow Gift and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2007 (2007.185.2)

 

Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Left Hand of Abraham Lincoln, 1860; this cast 1886

Bronze

3 x 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. (7.6 x 17.1 x 10.8 cm)

The New-York Historical Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Head of Lincoln, 1887; this cast, after 1907

Bronze

16-1/2 x 11 x 11-1/2 in. (41.9 x 27.9 x 29.2 cm)

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887-88; this cast, 1910

Bronze

Diam. 35-1/4 in. (89.5 cm)

Gift by subscription through the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Committee, 1912 (12.76.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887-88; this cast, 1898

Bronze

Diam. 17-5/8 in. (45.4 cm)

Gift of Anne Tonetti Gugler, in memory of her mother, Mary Lawrence Tonetti, 1981

(1981.55.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Davida Johnson Clark, 1886

Plaster, shellac

10-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. (26.7 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)

Purchase, Gift of Alice and Evelyn Blight and Mrs. William Payne Thompson, by exchange, 2003 (2003.303)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Diana, 1893-94; this cast, 1894 or after

Bronze

28-1/4 x 16-1/4 x 14 in. (71.8 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm)

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985 (1985.353)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Diana, 1895

Bronze

42-3/8 x 27 x 9 in. (107.6 x 68.6 x 22.9 cm)

Chesterwood, a National Trust Historic Site, Stockbridge, Massachusetts

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Louise Adele Gould, 1893; this version, 1894

Marble

40-3/4 x 25-1/2 in. (103.5 x 64.8 cm)

Gift of Charles W. Gould, 1915 (15.105.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Louise Adele Gould, 1894; this version, 1895

Marble

22 x 15-1/2 x 10 in. (55.9 x 39.4 x 25.4 cm)

Gift of Charles W. Gould, 1915 (15.105.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Louise Adele Gould, 1904

Marble

16-1/2 x 17 x 4-1/2 in. (41.9 x 43.2 x 11.4 cm)

Bequest of Charles W. Gould, 1931 (32.62.1)

 

 

Paris: 1897-1900

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Heads from the Shaw Memorial, 1883-1893; these casts, 1965

Bronze

Approx. 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. (14.6 x 9.5 x 14 cm)

William Platt Family

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Josephine Shaw Lowell, 1899; this carving, 1901

Marble

16 x 9-1/4 in. (40.6 x 23.5 cm)

Gift of Charles C. Burlingham, 1925 (25.89)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1888; this cast, 1910

Bronze

31-1/4 x 21-1/2 x 12-1/2 in. (79.4 x 54.6 x 31.8 cm)

Gift by subscription through the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Committee, 1912 (12.76.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Victory, 1892-1903; this cast, 1914 or after, by 1916

Bronze, gilt

38 x 9-1/2 x 18-1/2 in. (96.5 x 24.1 x 47 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.90.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Head of Victory, 1897-1903; this cast, 1907

Bronze

8 x 7 x 6-1/2 in. (20.3 x 17.8 x 16.5 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1907 (07.90)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

John Hay, 1904

Bronze

25 in. H. (63.5 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitney Payson

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

John Singer Sargent, 1880

Bronze

Diam. 2-1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Edward Robinson, 1913 (13.78)

 

 

Master Medalist

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Philip Martiny (1858-1927)

George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, obverse, 1889

Bronze

Diam. 4-1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890 (90.18.1)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Philip Martiny (1858-1927)

George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal, reverse, 1889

Bronze

Diam. 4-1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890 (90.18.2)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Charles E. Barber (1840-1917)

World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal, obverse, 1892-94; this cast, by 1896

Bronze

Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1995 (1995.4)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Charles E. Barber (1840-1917)

World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Exposition Medal, reverse,

1892-94

Bronze

Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Exposition Medal, rejected reverse, 1892-94

Bronze

Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1887-92; this cast, by 1902

Bronze

Diam. 5-1/2 in. (14 cm)

Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2008 (2008.156)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952)

Theodore Roosevelt Special Inaugural Medal, obverse, 1905

Bronze

2-5/8 in. (7.4 cm)

Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 2008 (2008.112)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952)

Theodore Roosevelt Special Inaugural Medal, reverse, 1905

Bronze

2-5/8 in. (7.4 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Cornish Celebration Presentation Plaquette, 1905-6

Bronze and silver

3-1/4 x 1-3/4 in. (8.3 x 4.5 cm)

Gift of Kenyon Cox, 1908 (08.216)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Cornish Celebration Presentation Plaquette, 1905-1906

Bronze, gilt

32-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. (82.6 x 47.6 cm)

Private collection

 

Louis St. Gaudens (1854-1913)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal, obverse, 1906

Bronze

Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Gift of President Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 (06.1192)

 

Louis St. Gaudens (1854-1913)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal, reverse, 1906

Bronze

Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Ten-dollar Gold Piece, obverse, 1906-7; this coin, 1910 (business strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-5/8 in. (2.7 cm)

Gift of Heinz L. Stoppelmann, 1979 (1979.486.6)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Twenty-dollar Gold Piece, reverse, 1905-7; this coin, 1911 (business strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-1/4 in. (3.3 cm)

Gift of Heinz L. Stoppelmann, 1979 (1979.486.8)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Ten-Dollar Gold Piece, obverse, 1906-1907 (high strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-5/8 in. (2.7 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Twenty-Dollar Gold Piece, obverse, 1905-1907 (high strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-1/4 in. (3.3 cm)

Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Twenty-dollar Gold Piece, obverse, 1905-1907 (business strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Tripp

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

United States Ten-dollar Gold Piece, reverse, 1906-1907 (business strike)

Gold

Diam. 1-5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Tripp

 

Honoring Saint-Gaudens

 

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens with His Model, 1897

Etching and retroussage, single state

Plate 5-5/8 x 7-3/4 in. (13.7 x 19.8 cm), sheet 9-5/8 x 12-3/4 in. (25.2 x 32.4 cm)

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 (17.3.726)

 

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1898

Etching, second state

Plate 7-3/4 x 5­5/8 in. (19.7 x 13.5 cm), sheet 13-5/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm)

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 (17.3.670)

 

Kenyon Cox (1856-1919)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1887; this replica, 1908

Oil on canvas

33-1/2 x 47-5/8 in. (85.1 x 119.7 cm)

Gift of friends of the artist, through August F. Jaccaci, 1908 (08.130)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

William Merritt Chase, 1888

Bronze

21-5/8 x 29-1/2 in. (54.9 x 74.9 cm)

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Sarah Redwood Lee, 1881

Plaster

25-5/8 x 11 in. (65.7 x 27.9 cm)

Chesterwood, a National Trust Historic Site, Stockbridge, Massachusetts

 

Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, ca. 1904

Oil on canvas

38-5/8 x 30 in. (98.7 x 76.2 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.129)

 

John Flanagan (1865-1952)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1905-24; this cast, 1924

Bronze

16-1/2 x 8 x 10 in. (41.9 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Francis Lathrop Fund, 1933 (33.62)

 

James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)

Pan-American Exposition to Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medal, obverse, 1901

Bronze

Diam. 3-1/2 in. (9 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1909 (09.114a)

 

James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)

Pan-American Exposition to Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medal, reverse, 1901

Bronze

Diam. 3-1/2 in. (9 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1909 (09.114b)

 

Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1907

Color woodcut

Block 7-5/8 x 6 in. (18.6 x 15.1 cm), sheet 10-5/8 x 9 in. (27.6 x 22.7 cm)

Gift of the artist, 1920 (20.80.4)

 

 

Sculptures by Saint-Gaudens in The Charles Engelhard Court

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Hiawatha, 1871-72; this carving, 1874

Marble, 60 x 34-1/2 x 37-1/4 in. (152.4 x 87.6 x 94.6 cm)

Gift of Diane, Daniel, and Mathew Wolf, in memory of Catherine Hoover Voorsanger, 2001 (2001.641)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, ca. 1881-83

Marble, mosaic, oak, cast iron, 184-3/8 x 154-7/8 x 37-1/4 in. (468.3 x 393.4 x 94.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 1925 (25.234)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

The Children of Jacob H. Schiff, 1884­85; this carving, 1906-7

Marble, 68-7/8 x 51 in. (174.9 x 129.5 cm)

Gift of Jacob H. Schiff, 1905 (05.15.3)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Diana, 1892-93; this cast, 1928

Gilt bronze, 101-3/4 x 53-1/2 x 14-1/8 in. (258.4 x 135.9 x 35.9 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1928 (28.101)

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)

Amor Caritas, 1880-98; this cast, 1918

Gilt bronze, 103-1/4 x 50 in. (262.3 x 127 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1918 (19.124)

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