Lot 43: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) Robert Louis Stevenson, First Version bronze relief with brown patina 6 ½ x 13 ¼ in. (16.5 x 33.7 cm.)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907)
Robert Louis Stevenson, First Version
inscribed 'TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON/FROM HIS FRIEND AVGVSTVS/SAINT-GAVDENS NEW YORK/SEPTEMBER MDCCC/LXXXVII' (upper right)--inscribed with poem "To Will H. Low" from Underwoods (1887) by Stevenson (upper left)
bronze relief with brown patina
6 ½ x 13 ¼ in. (16.5 x 33.7 cm.)
Modeled circa 1887.

Private collection, Paris, France.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1912.
Private collection, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2005, lot 139, sold by the above.
(Probably) Acquired by the present owner from the above.