Detail View: The AMICA Library: Violet Sargent.
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1976.685
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American; 1848-1907 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Title:
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Violet Sargent.
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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front view
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Creation Date:
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modeled in 1890, cast in bronze c. 1908
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Creation Start Date:
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1890
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Creation End Date:
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1890
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Materials and Techniques:
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Bronze bas relief
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Classification Term:
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Bronze
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Creation Place:
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North and Central America,North America,United States,New Hampshire
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Dimensions:
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50 1/4 x 30 1/2 in. (127.7 x 77.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1976.685
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Brooks McCormick
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Inscriptions:
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Inscribed in wreath upper right: "Violet Sargent"Signed on bench:"A ST G / MDCCCLXXXX / FECIT"
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E14257.TIF
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