On photo mount label: A. Saint-Gaudens. Chimney piece with caryatids; above, mosaic by John La Farge. N.Y. Mus. of City of N.Y. 1881/2. From the Cornelius Vanderbilt House, Fifth Ave., 57th-58th St. Museum Transfer. Oct. 43. Made from negs lent to M.M.A. museum negs 63224-5. retired permission of curator necessary*. * E. Milla 7/16/46. Classification number: 282/S. Accession: 200694.
Historical photograph of the mantelpiece in situ at the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion on Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets. Originally the mantel was in the dining room, but this photograph depicts it after it was reinstalled in a billiard room on the second floor of the mansion. Photograph was taken before 1925 when the mansion was torn down.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 272-275.
Dryfhout, John H., "The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens," Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1982, pg. 131-133.
1 photographic print : b&w, 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (trimmed), mounted on 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. board.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art retains the rights to this photograph. Researchers are required to obtain written permission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to reproduce this image.
