Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907) Robert Louis Stevenson Signed 'AUGUSTUS/SAINT GAUDENS' upper right; also dedicated 'TO ROBERT LOUIS/STEVENSON' upper left, and dated 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) bottom left, bronze with dark brown patina Diameter: 11 3/4 in. (29.8cm) PROVENANCE: Doyle, New York, sale of December 7, 1999, lot 13. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, New York. LITERATURE: John H. Dryfhout, Beverly Fox, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, Meridian Gravure Co., New York, 1969, nos. 39-41 (other examples illustrated). Jeanne L. Wassermann, Metamorphoses in Nineteenth Century Sculpture, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 187-200, fig. 9 (another example illustrated). John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire 1982, pp. 174-76, nos. 133-34 (other examples illustrated). See More