Art
Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- When
June 30, 2009 – Nov 15, 2009
Daily
- Where
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 212.535.7710) Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- Price
- Free with museum admission
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The Met’s unparalleled collection of American art includes some 45 sculptures by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), the American Beaux-Arts sculptor who worked in New York, Paris, and Cornish, New Hampshire. Through the lens of these sculptures as well as some related loans, Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers an evaluation of the artist’s groundbreaking role in the history of late 19th-century American sculpture and the Aesthetic Movement.
Image: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907). Victory, 1892–1903; this cast, 1914 or after, by 1916. Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.90.1)
