COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1976.685
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places:
American; 1848-1907 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT:
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Title:
Violet Sargent.
Title Type:
preferred
View:
front view
Creation Date:
modeled in 1890, cast in bronze c. 1908
Creation Start Date:
1890
Creation End Date:
1890
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze bas relief
Classification Term:
Bronze
Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States,New Hampshire
Dimensions:
50 1/4 x 30 1/2 in. (127.7 x 77.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1976.685
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Brooks McCormick
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in wreath upper right: "Violet Sargent"Signed on bench:"A ST G / MDCCCLXXXX / FECIT"
Context:
Violet Sargent was sister of painter, John Singer Sargent. Saint-Gaudens first made a clay model, followed by a marble version & three bronze casts. The artist gave two casts to the Sargent family & kept one, which is the one now owned by The Art Institute of Chicago.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E14257.TIF
