Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American, 1848-1907
The Puritan, conceived 1886, cast after 1900 and before 1905
Inscribed AVGVSTVS-SAINT-GAVDENS and COPYRIGHT BY / AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS / -M-D-C-C-C-X-C-I-X, also inscribed THE PVRITAN on the base
Bronze with a green-brown patina
Height 30 1/2 inches (77.5 cm)
Included with this lot is the marble pedestal illustrated in the catalogue.

Provenance:
Collection of a prominent corporation
Dr. Thomas H. Willard, gift from the above in recognition of his service, circa 1904/5
Paul Willard, by descent from the above circa 1936
Collection of a prominent corporation, gifted back from the above

Literature:
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, Cranbury, New Jersey, 1968, pp. 384-85, another example referenced
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, pp. 9-11, another example illustrated
T. Armstrong, et al., 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, pp. 51, 81, pl. 18, another example illustrated
J.H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982, pp. 162-66, other examples illustrated
M. Evert, Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1983, pp. 293-94, another example illustrated
K. Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 174
K. Greenthal, et al., American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 238-42, no. 74, another example illustrated
M.A. Goley, B. Wilkinson, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor, From the Collection of the Saint-Gaudens Historic Site, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1992, pp. IV, VIII, no. 24
T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 285-88, no. 123, another example illustrated
H.J. Duffy, J.H. Dryfhout, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2003, p. 75, no. 39, another example illustrated

C Property from a Prominent Corporate Collection

Wear to the patina most notably at the rear of the hat.
30 1/2 x 18 x 12 1/2 inches (77.5 x 45.7 x 31.8 cm)
Please note that the bottom section of the base is cracked.
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