Live Auction 2146219th Century American Art
AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)
Lot 335

AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)

Head of Lincoln

Closed19 January 2023

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USD 113,400

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AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS (1848-1907)
Head of Lincoln
inscribed 'AVGVSTVS SAINT. GAVDENS/©' (along the left shoulder)—inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the back)
bronze with blackish-brown patina
16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm.) high on a 50 in. (127 cm.) high stone base
Modeled in 1887; cast circa 1923.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Blum.
Private collection, Illinois.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present bronze was modeled in 1887, the same year that the artist unveiled his 9-foot sculpture of Abraham Lincoln for installation in Chicago's Lincoln Park. The Roman Bronze Works foundry likely cast the present bust-length model of the President in 1923.