Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907) Jules Bastien-Lepage

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)

Jules Bastien-Lepage
Titled, inscribed and signed within the composition "IULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE AETATIS
XXXI · PARIS · MDCCCLXXX · AVGVSTVS ·/SAINT-GAVDENS · FECIT" across the top.
Cast iron with a bronze-colored patina, 14 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (37.5 x 26.5 cm).
Condition: Curl to bottom edge, oxidation, small hole drilled at center top for hanging, scattered minor abrasions, surface accretions/grime.

Literature: John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1982),no. 87, p. 107 (an iron version made in 1881 by electrotype process by the Magee Furnace Company of Chelsea, Massachusetts).
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Small surface abrasion about 1/4 inch at the bridge of the nose. Wear to patina on the knuckles, two surface scratches l.c. and l.r. edge, the larger, deeper one located l.c. and measuring 1 inch. Scattered surface accretions.


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