A Life Cast of the Artist's Hand Holding a Staff
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American (born Ireland), 1848 - 1907
1876
Bronze
Overall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
S.967.25
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, on base: Life Cast of Hand / Augustus of St. Gaudens / 1876
Exhibition History
Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-December 11, 2005.
The Art of Spectatorship: A History of Viewing from the Renaissance to the Present Day, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19-April 6, 2008.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, Fred Wilson, So Much Trouble in the World - Believe It or Not!, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2005.
Provenance
Schweitzer Gallery, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1967.
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