$19,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Fine American & European Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: December 6, 2009 2:00:00 PM EDT
1887-8. Inscribed in raised letters with an excerpt from 'Underwoods' by Stevenson; also inscribed 'TO·ROBERT·LOUIS·STEVENSON,·AUGUSTUS·SAINT·GAUDENS' and 'M·D·C·C·C·LXXXVII'. Bronze, with brown patina. With original oak frame.
11 3/4 in. (29.8cm) (height)
11 5/8 in. (29.5cm) (width)
Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey.
LITERATURE:
(Other casts)
The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, New York, 1969, numbers 39-41.
J. H. Dryfhout, 'Robert Louis Stevenson', Metamorphoses In Nineteenth Century, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 197-200.
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, cat. number 133.
K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985, pp. 119-121.