Artist:

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, born Dublin, Ireland 1848-died Cornish, NH 1907  Search this

Medium:

plaster

Dimensions:

9 x 5 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1902

Luce Center Label:

Nikh-Eiphnh (Peace-Victory) is a study for the head of Victory for the General William Tecumseh Sherman monument in New York. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was awarded the commission in 1891 and began work on the sculpture six years later. He first sculpted the head of Victory after Hettie Anderson, a model in New York, but was dissatisfied with the result, which showed too much “personality.” The Museum’s piece is a plaster cast of his second attempt. He preferred this one, but ultimately decided it did not fit with the monument and went back to the first version. The artist later described the full-length figure of Victory as “the grandest Victory anybody ever made—Hoorah!”

Topic:

Figure female\head  Search this

Study\sculpture model  Search this

Allegory\other\triumph  Search this

Monument\memorial\Sherman  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Object number:

1968.76

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 19B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk774fc2d01-1dcc-4696-8036-9594a37829f4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1968.76