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ZG 113 – Augustus Saint Gaudens I 1897                                © Zorngallery.se - Sweden

 

Previous                       Augustus Saint Gaudens I        113 Karl Asplund 1920          in Swedish & English

International                August Saint Gaudens I              75 Hjert & Hjert 1980          in English & Swedish

Catalogue                     Augustus Saint Gaudens I        112 Loys Delteil                    in French (before 1909)

References                   Augustus Saint Gaudens I           86 Schubert-Soldern          in German (before 1905)

 

Executed                      In the studio of August Saint Gaudens in New York 1897 (BN)

Signed on Plate            Signed “Zorn” on the lower left corner

 

Plate Size                     199 x 138 mm

Plate Destroyed            After 1909 (LD) and before 1920 (A)

Plate Archived               With Zorn Collections (Mora, Sweden)

 

 

1 état / state – 2-5 copies / Rarity

Före ett lager av diagonalstreck över statyns nedhängande kappa och före följande arbeten i skulptörens ansikte - neddragandet av den sneda hårtesten i pannan och skuggningen av denna under hårfästet.

Before a mass of diagonal lines across the statue’s hanging cloak, and before the following work on the sculptor’s face - the drawing down of the oblique lock of hair on the forehead, and the shading of the latter beneath the roots of the hair.

 

2 état / state – 30-50 copies / Extremely Rare

Reproducerat här och hos Asplund, Delteil och H&H. Med dessa arbeten.

Reproduced here and in Asplund, Delteil and H&H. With the above work.

 

Total number of copies sold at major auctions 1985 - 2006 = 7 copies

 

 

Some major Exhibitions with this etching

1952 Bibliothéque National de France (Paris)

1970 American Swedish Historical Museum

1979 Springfield Art Museum (USA)

1983 Swedish National Museum (Stockholm)

1993 Isabella Gardner Museum (Boston)

2002 Zorn Collections (Mora)

 

Some Museum Collections with this etching

American Swedish Historical Museum – 2 state

Art Institute of Chicago – 2 state (2)

Art Institute of Minneapolis – 2 state

Bibliothéque National de France (Paris) – 2 state

Gothenburg Museum of Art – 2 state

Hungarian National Museum (Budapest) – 2 state

Isabella Gardner Museum (Boston) – 2 state

National Museum of Fine Art (Copenhagen) – 2 state

Springfield Art Museum (USA)

St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts – 2 state

Swedish National Museum (Stockholm) – 2 state

Thielska Art Gallery (Stockholm)

Zorn Collections (Mora) – 1 state (1) and 2 state (4)