Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Archives of American Art
Augustus Saint-Gaudens letters
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sainaugu
- Creators:
-
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
- Dates:
-
1905-1906
- Languages:
-
English.
- Physical Description:
-
9 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and letters from Saint-Gaudens.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3621: aFive letters and a receipt from Mr. and Mrs. Saint-Gaudens in Windsor, Vt. to Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson in Canandaigua, N.Y, discussing employing Saint-Gaudens's student, John Flanagan, to obtain for Mrs. Thompson a copy of the "Discobolus" in the Louvre and the bust Saint-Gaudens is making of Mr. Thompson. The receipt is for the final payment for the bust. One letter is from Mrs. Saint Gaudens explaining that they will be unable to visit the Thompsons since Mr. Saint-Gaudens is unable to travel.
Scope and Contents
REEL D10: Three letters from Saint-Gaudens to Mr. Keep, June 6, 1891, asking him to visit the studio; to Florence Levy, June 29, 1901 and April 30, 1906, concerning photographs she requested of a portrait of Saint-Gaudens's son by John Singer Sargent; and to an unidentified individual, November 20, 1891.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor; Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Frederick Thompson, the recipient of these letters, employed Saint-Gaudens to make a portrait medallion of her husband. The work is now in St. Anthony Hall, a fraternity house at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. Saint-Gaudens died a year after completing this.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels D10 and 3621 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Reproduction Note
Reel 3621: Items are photocopies.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 3621: Originals are in the possession of the Williams College Museum of Art.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel 3621 lent for microfilming by S. Lane Faison, Director of the Williams College Museum of Art. Levy letters on reel D10 purchased with funds given by Charles Hamilton 1956. Other letters on reel D10 donated by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Art patronage | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art -- Commissioning | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art patrons -- New York (State) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Vermont -- Windsor | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Levy, Florence N. (Florence Nightingale), 1870-1947 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Saint-Gaudens, Augusta Homer, d. 1926 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions