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(Right Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his Paris Studio, 1898. Sketch of the Amor Caritas IN THIS ISSUE SAINT-GAUDENS’ in the background. Saint-Gaudens’ Numismatic Legacy I 1 NUMISMATIC LEGACY (Below) Obverse of the high relief The Model for the 1907 I 4 The precedent that President 1907 Twenty Dollar A Little Known Treasure I 5 Gold Coin. Saint-Gaudens Film & Symposium I 6 established, Concerts and Exhibits I 7 of having academically trained Coin Exhibition I 8 sculptors design U.S. coinage, resulted in a series of remarkable coins. Many of these were created FROM THE MEMORIAL by five artists who trained under AND THE SITE Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Archival photo DEAR FRIENDS AND ANS MEMBERS, (1867-1917) This Friends Newsletter from , first studied with Saint-Gaudens In 1907, Pratt was encouraged by is dedicated to the centennial at the Art Students League Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow (185 0-1926), of Saint-Gaudens’ Ten and in . He then a prominent collector of Oriental art and Twenty Dollar Gold Coins moved to Paris, where he an acquaintance of President Theodore studied under Jean Falguière (1831-1900) Roosevelt, to redesign the Two and a Half and his numismatic legacy. and Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (183 3- and Five Dollar Gold Coins. Pratt’s designs Augustus Saint-Gaudens, at the request 1891) at the École des Beaux-Arts. Saint- were the first American coins to have an of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the Gaudens was the first American accepted incused design, which is a relief in reverse . first sculptor to design an American Coin. to study at the school in 1868. This unconventional design was consid - Pratt later returned to America and estab - ered as one way to avoid the problems We are pleased to share this issue with lished a studio in . with stacking as found with the first high- members of the American Numismatic relief Twenty Dollar Gold Coins. Society. While most of you undoubtedly (Right) Bela Pratt know of Saint-Gaudens as the designer used a new and Pratt wrote about this unique approach to of these two beloved coins, you may not unique “sinking coin design: “The idea of sinking the relief relief” design for be familiar with his many other artistic was... talked of but abandoned as being his Two and a Half accomplishments. You may never have Dollar and Five too radical a change to be admitted by visited the Saint-Gaudens National Dollar Gold Coins. the , but with Dr. Bigelow as an inter - Historic Site in New Hampshire, a place ested champion, the whole thing looked of exquisite beauty that includes the To mark this anniversary, the Memorial different. His idea was even more radical artist’s former home and studios, works and the Site have sponsored production and startling than mine, for while I had by the artist as well as gardens, trails and of a new hour-long film on the artist, thought of a ground sloping more or less vistas. And you may not have heard of Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of gradually in relief, his idea was to sink the the Memorial and its efforts to preserve American Sculpture, which will premiere relief at right angles to the coin after the Saint-Gaudens’ legacy and promote this July. More information on the film, manner of Egyptian reliefs.” For the the arts. We hope that your interest will other regional showings and the related obverse of his coins, Pratt depicted a be piqued and that you will consider symposium are inside. Native American man wearing a feather becoming a member of the Friends! headdress. The reverse features a version of Saint-Gaudens’ standing eagle found 2007 marks another centennial — PBRyEroSnIDBENelT l SBUJPDEuRnINn TENDENT that of the death of Saint-Gaudens. SG Memorial SGNHS on the Ten Dollar Gold Coin. friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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of any other country.” To achieve this, League before also working for him as an on the obverse he placed the face of a assistant in New York City. It was here Native American and on the reverse, a that Weinman later established his own bison. The “buffalo ,” minted from studio and went on to create many pieces 1913 to 1938, remains one of America’s of public sculpture including a frieze in the In 1911, James Earle Fraser designed the popular most admired coins. U.S. Supreme Court chamber. “” featuring an on the reverse. Fraser returned to a western theme when As he had with Fraser, Saint-Gaudens he and his wife, steered work Weinman’s way, in particu - James Earle Fraser (1889 -1966), created the Oregon Trail lar, the Roosevelt Inaugural medal of (187 6 -1953) met Saint- Memorial Half Dollar in 1926. Laura 1905. Saint-Gaudens wrote to the presi - Gaudens in France while Fraser modeled the obverse, which dent, “I cannot do it, but I have arranged studying at the École des depicts a Native American standing with the man best fit to execute it in this Beaux-Arts. Fraser won before a map of the . James country, Mr. Adolph Weinman... He would the American Art Fraser’s reverse features the Conestoga do an admirable thing.” While Saint- covered wagon, used to transport settlers Gaudens designed the medal, Weinman Association’s Wanamaker competition in to America’s West. Laura Fraser, an did the actual modeling. 1898, which included Saint-Gaudens on accomplished medallic artist, studied its jury. Saint-Gaudens was impressed sculpture under James Fraser. In addition after seeing an early version of Fraser’s to contributing to the design of the “End of the Trail” equestrian statue and Oregon commemorative coin, she also offered to take on the young man as an created the Alabama Centennial half-dol - assistant. When Saint-Gaudens became lar in 1921, the Grant Memorial half-dollar ill and returned to America in 1900, in 1922, and the Fort Vancouver centen - Fraser joined him in Cornish, where he nial half-dollar in 1925. Besides many assisted in the completion of the examples of public sculpture, including Sherman Monument, as well as several the statue of Alexander in front other works. Saint-Gaudens was also of the U.S. Treasury, in 1919, James instrumental in Fraser obtaining the com - Fraser also designed the World War I mission to create a bust of President Navy Victory medal. Theodore Roosevelt. Fraser quoted the Adolph Weinman president as saying, “I asked Saint- (1870 -1952), though Gaudens for the man who could do the born in Germany, was the Adolph Weinman’s winning design in 1916 for the job, with perfect confidence in his choice. only sculptor from Saint- Half Dollar, depicted a walking figure of Liberty. The fact that he sent you proves that you Gaudens’ circle of coin are the man.” designers who did not In 1916, Weinman also won a competition In 1911, Secretary of the Treasury study in Europe. He to design two coins for the U.S. Mint; the Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934), asked learned the art of sculpture from Daniel (actually Liberty with a Fraser to redesign the five-cent coin. Chester French (185 0-1931), Olin L. winged cap) and the Walking Liberty Half- Fraser, who grew up in the Dakota Warner (1844 -1896), Charles Niehaus Dollar. The reverse of the dime depicts a Territory where his father worked for a (1855 -1935) and (185 8- Roman fasces entwined by an olive branch. railroad company, wrote, “In designing 1927), who was also a Saint-Gaudens The obverse of the half-dollar features [the nickel], my objective was to achieve a protege. Weinman’s most influential Liberty striding forward, draped in the coin which would be truly American, that instructor, though, was Saint-Gaudens, American flag. Weinman also designed could not be confused with the with whom he studied at the Art Students the J. Sanford Saltus award medal for the friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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(Right) Obverse, Panama Pacific Exposition commemorative by Charles Keck, 1915.

American Numismatic Society in 1920. Charles Keck (1875 -1951) studied with Saint-Gaudens at the Art (Left) Reverse of the high relief 1907 Twenty Dollar Students League and also Gold Coin. (Above) ’s design for the 1932 assisted in his New York Bicentennial Quarter, was originally intended studios during the 1890s. as a one-year commemorative coin. Keck was awarded the Rinehart Scholar- ship to study in , Italy, where he Earle Fraser, honored Saint-Gaudens by worked from 1900 -1904. Primarily a sculpting both a bust, and a portrait relief sculptor of portraits, he created public of his mentor. monuments to , coin of 1932. Though Laura G. Fraser In 1986, the U.S. Mint paid tribute to , Booker T. Washington won the competition to design the new Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his and others. He also sculpted the monu - quarter, Mellon had the final decision and obverse for the double eagle was chosen ment in memory of the Battleship Maine. chose Flanagan’s design instead. Mellon’s as the design for the American Eagle slight of Laura Fraser was finally corrected Keck designed three commemorative Bullion Gold Coin. A second design by the by the U.S. Mint when her design intended coins for the U.S. Mint. The first, the Pan- sculptor, the obverse of the Women’s for the , was selected Pacific One Dollar Gold Coin, commemo - Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Civil Service for use on the Five Dollar Washington Coin rates the opening of the Panama Canal Reform Association Medal (1905-6), was of 1999. This commemorative honors the in 1915. The obverse features the face of also adapted for use as the obverse of the bicentennial of Washington’s death. a Panama Canal worker, and the reverse, “Service for America” Commemorative two dolphins to symbolize the meeting Coin in 1996. of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the Saint-Gaudens and his circle Like these designs by Saint-Gaudens, canal. Keck also designed the Vermont- of sculptors produced those of two of his assistants were also Bennington Sesquicentennial Half Dollar some of the world’s finest coins; used again on recent coinage. Adolph in 1927 and the Lynchburg, , many of which are still in Weinman’s obverse of the Walking Liberty Sesquicentennial Half Dollar in 1936. circulation today. Half Dollar was selected in 1986 for the John Flanagan (186 5- U.S. Silver Eagle and James 1952), one of America’s Earle Fraser’s popular buffalo nickel design foremost medalists, Flanagan’s Washington Bicentennial appears on a 2001 commemorative silver worked as an assistant Quarter was originally intended as a one dollar. The contemporary tributes to these in Saint-Gaudens’ studio year circulating commemorative. The coin enduring coin designs underscores the for three years during the is still in circulation today, with Flanagan’s fact that Saint-Gaudens and his circle of 1890s. Like Pratt, he obverse, and now with a reverse that sculptors produced some of the world’s also studied in Paris under Chapu and features the popular fifty states designs finest coins. Falguière, as well as with Frederick (1999-2009). Conforming to the rules of Reprinted from The 1907 United States Gold MacMonnies, himself an assistant of the competition, Flanagan used as his Coinage (see For Your Bookshelf, p. 8). Saint-Gaudens. In a controversial decision model, the bust of George Washington by Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew by Jean-Antoine Houdon (174 1-1828). 1 , Mellon (185 5-1937), Flanagan was The reverse features an eagle spreading 2 Dartmouth, Letter from Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Eugenie Nichols awarded the commission to design the its wings while perching on a fasces. 3 Ibid. Washington Bicentennial Quarter Dollar Flanagan, like Henry Hering and James 4 Ibid. ( continued on back cover) friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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Augustus THE MODEL FOR THE Saint-Gaudens, 1907 “DOUBLE EAGLE” Sherman Monument, Victory Figure By William Hagans Bronze reduction. Courtesy Saint- The identity of models used Gaudens NHS by artists when designing Photo: Jeffrey Nintzel coinage is usually unknown, (Left) Study for Head of Victory (Hettie Anderson), on his memoirs, which were published Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1897. (Right) Hettie or ignored by historians and Anderson, ca. 1900. Courtesy William Hagans after his death as The Reminiscences numismatists. of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. A passage became the First Study for the Head in the early drafts, not included in the In some cases, however, such as for of Victory, and the nude, the base published work (1913), confirms that the “Buffalo Nickel” and Saint-Gaudens’ model for the body of Victory. In Saint-Gaudens met with Hettie gold coins, the model’s identity January 1897, Saint-Gaudens wrote Anderson while designing the coins. became a subject of great interest. to his niece Rose Standish Nichols “I ...modeled the nude for the figure of (187 2 -1960) about his work on the In 1907, when reporters claimed that Victory of the Sherman group, from Sherman Monument : “Next week Saint-Gaudens’ model for the gold certainly the handsomest model I have I commence the nude of the Victory coins was one Mary Cunningham, an ever seen of either sex, and I have from a South Carolinian girl with a fig - Irish domestic worker from Cornish, seen a great many....” Besides she had ure like a goddess.” Hettie Anderson, New Hampshire, critics attacked the what is also rare with handsome models, who was part African American, was use of a foreign-born model on the a power of posing patiently, steadily born in Columbia, South Carolina. coin. Writers opined that only an and thoroughly in the spirit one Swedish artist Anders Zorn (186 0- “American” model should be used. wished… Having seen her the other 1920), later etched a portrait of Saint- That the woman was an Irish immi - day for the first time in eight years Gaudens and Miss Anderson, while grant was perhaps even more galling, [1906], I found her just as splendid as the sculptor and model rested during considering the still lingering prejudice she was fifteen years ago when she work on the Victory. at the time against the Irish. The was first drawn to my attention….” Independent Order of Americans By 1906, President Roosevelt and While not conclusive, it appears that declared their outrage, as did many Saint-Gaudens were actively collabo - Hettie Anderson, rather than Mary readers in letters to the nation’s rating on the gold coin designs, and Cunningham, actually posed for the newspapers. These critics ignored the on January 2, the sculptor wrote to his coins. Like many of his ideal works, fact that Saint-Gaudens was himself a former assistant, Adolph Weinman: however, the result is not intended as native of Ireland. The controversy was “Will you please mail the enclosed letter a portrait of Miss Anderson but rather quickly forgotten, however, as the to Miss Anderson. Perhaps if she is an ideal figure representing a concept, beautiful coins came into circulation. posing for you, you might let her go in this case “Liberty.” for one, two or three days; I need her The true identity of the model, was badly.” In letters of January 7 and probably Harriette “Hettie” Anderson Reprinted from The 1907 United States Gold February 15, Saint-Gaudens also Coinage (see For Your Bookshelf, p. 8). (b. 1873, d. after 1940), a profession - asked Weinman if he could borrow an al artist’s model who posed for the Indian headdress and angel wings, i The Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Dartmouth College Victory figure of the Sherman elements that appear in early sketches Library, Hanover, New Hampshire Monument. Saint-Gaudens first ii Ibid. Letter from Augustus Saint-Gaudens for the double eagle. to Adolph Weinman worked with Miss Anderson in 1897, iii Ibid. Letter from Augustus Saint-Gaudens when he made both a portrait bust While Saint-Gaudens was creating his to Adolph Weinman iv Ibid. Manuscript “Reminiscences of an Idiot” and a nude figure of her. The bust coin designs in 1906, he also worked (working title for Saint-Gaudens’ memoirs) friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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(Above) Obverse, 1907 Ten Dollar Gold Coin. (Above) Plaster sketch, early version of the Ten Dollar Gold Coin.1907, Note the word “Liberty” at the bottom. Courtesy Saint-Gaudens NHS A LITTLE KNOWN TREASURE One of the hidden gems of the park collection is a group of (Above) Augustus Saint-Gaudens, early pencil sketch, two hundred plaster models for obverse of Ten Dollar Gold Coin. the 1907 gold coinage. Visitors Courtesy, Dartmouth College, Rauner Library often ask how Saint-Gaudens designed the Ten and Twenty Dollar Gold Coins – did he work in such a small size? Actually the artist prepared many plaster models of about one foot in diameter. Working in this larger size he could experiment with variations in design, lettering, and style. Researchers are Augustus Saint-Gaudens, early pencil sketch, obverse of the Twenty Dollar Gold Coin. Liberty is without wings just now beginning to study these mod - and headdress but holds a shield. Courtesy, Dartmouth els to determine how Saint-Gaudens College, Rauner Library reached his final design decisions. A complete catalogue of these models is being prepared to accompany the upcoming exhibition at the Federal Reserve during 2007 (see page 8). Organized by the American Numismatic Early plaster sketch, obverse of the Twenty Dollar Society, and curated by David Tripp, Gold Coin. Initially, Liberty had a feather headdress and wings. These were soon deleted in favor of a author of Illegal Tender: Gold, Greed, less cluttered design. Courtesy Saint-Gaudens NHS and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle, the exhibition will be the most comprehensive retrospective of the Saint-Gaudens coin designs ever (Right) Obverse of the high relief, presented. The Saint-Gaudens NHS 1907 Twenty Dollar Gold Coin. will collaborate as a major lender to this Courtesy Saint-Gaudens NHS exhibition . friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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FILM PREMIERE AND SYMPOSIUM OF AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS: Save the Date! Friday July 13, 2007 MASTER OF AMERICAN Film Premiere & Symposium SCULPTURE Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire This hour-long film on the life and work of Saint-Gaudens marks the 100th anniversary of his death and is the first new documentary on the artist in over 20 years. n o

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Television, shown in various museum P venues (see right) and shown regularly at Symposium the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture Visitor Center. Loews Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, 1:30 - 5:0 0pm Reception Follows, Free Admission The Trustees of the SGM and the SGNHS would like to recognize the following organizations and Speakers include Saint-Gaudens scholars: businesses that have made this film possible: Kathryn Greenthal , Art Historian and Curator, Boston, MA; Forbes Foundation $40,000 Jennifer Hardin , Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Motion Picture Enterprises $18,000 in-kind Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Badger Fund of the New Hampshire David Lubin , Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University, Charitable Fund $20,000 Winston-Salem, NC; Byrne Foundation $10,000 Thayer Tolles , Associate Curator, Department of American Paintings and Sculpture, National Park Foundation $10,000 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. New Hampshire State Council on the Arts: Film Premiere American Masterpieces grant $4,000 -Soft $2,500 Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture Mascoma Bank Foundation $1,000 Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, 8:00 pm Stacks, LLC $1,000 A Q&A session with the film director will follow the showing. James Tasker Covered Bridges Fund $500 Tickets are $5 and are available at the Hopkins Center Box Office In addition, we would like to thank all individuals 603-646-2422 or online at http://hop.dartmouth.edu/tickets who supported the film through their generosity. Major contributors include: Regional Film Premieres David M. Roby; Ute Wartenberg Kagan; Frances Jones; S. Whitney Dickey (in memory of Paul Smithsonian American Art Museum September 7, 2007 Sanderson); Michael and Nancy Farrell; Michael The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 23, 2007 B. Kerner; Paul and Margaret Pirigyi; Dale and Philadelphia Museum of Art September 30, 2007 Sueanne Mayo; Paul Miller; Michael F. Moran; Art Institute of Chicago TBA George and Dorothy Ring; Eric Streiner; and Anonymous (2). friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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Historical Horse Show, by Gail Boyajian Planet of the Arts, by Gerry Bergstein Photo: Judy Goldman Gallery Photo credit: Gallery Naga SUMMER AUGUST 19 SEPTEMBER 29 — OCTOBER 31 CONCERT SERIES ROGERS AND MILLICAN GABRIELLE ROSSMER and special guest artists Sculpture All concerts are on Sundays at 2:0 0pm D’Anna Fortunata, soprano, Opening reception with the artist, in the Little Studio at the Saint-Gaudens Chester Brezniak, clarinet and Saturday September 29, 4:30-6:30 pm National Historic Site in Cornish, NH Janet Frank, cello Program to include works SCULPTURE JULY 1 by Brahms and Ravel. WORKSHOPS ÀINE MINOGUE Celtic harp and vocals The Friends of the Saint-Gaudens PICTURE GALLER Y Memorial and the Saint-Gaudens JULY 8 E XHIBITIONS National Historic Site will again co-spon - BRASS QUINTET sor the popular sculpture workshops MAY 26 — JULY 8 From classical to jazz! this season, including basic classes for GERRY BERGSTEIN/ adults and young adults, advanced JULY 15 GAIL BOYAJIAN classes, and workshops with a focus on THE FISCHER DUO Recent Paintings plaster-or rubber-mold making, casting and patination. Workshops are taught Norman and Jeanne Kierman Fischer Opening reception on cello and piano Saturday June 2, 4:3 0- 6:30 pm by sculptor-in-residence, Bill Williams, and take place 1:00 - 4:00 pm most JULY 22 MAY 26 — OCTOBER 31 Saturdays from June 2nd to October 13th at the Site’s Ravine Studio. Materials THE JENNINGS HOLLY ALDERMAN and tools are provided. Andrew and Gail Jennings on violin Banners and piano Opening reception Class sizes are limited Saturday June 2, 4:3 0- 6:30 pm and reservations are required. JULY 29 Call the Site at 603-675-2175 Ext: 142 EX LUCE COLOR JULY 14 — AUGUST 19 or visit www.sgnhs.org for a full schedule, 15th Century Songs, traditional music from SAINT-GAUDENS FELLOWS registration and fee information. North America and contemporary music ANN CARLSON AND MARY ELLEN STROM AUGUST 5 Video Installations AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS: Opening reception A COMMEMORATIVE CONCERT Saturday July 14, 4:3 0- 6:00 pm A remembrance of the artist in music and words AUGUST 24 — SEPTEMBER 23 AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS – AUGUST 12 A PERSONAL RETROSPECTIVE CLASSICOPIA Opening reception Concerts and exhibitions are “NEW ENGLAND WOMEN” Saturday August 25, 4:3 0- 6:00 pm Summer Camp faculty chamber ensemble sponsored by the Trustees of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial and are free performance. Music by Gwyneth Walker 5 and Amy Beach. with paid admission to the Site. friends OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL

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THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY AND THE FEDERAL Become a friend RESERVE BANK OF NYC OF THE 2007 COIN EXHIBITION SAINT-GAUDENS An exhibition showcasing two of the most MEMORIAL beautiful coins ever minted in the US — All members receive a twice-yearly Saint-Gaudens’ Ten and Twenty Dollar newsletter and annou&ncements of exhibits, Gold Coins — will tentatively open in New lectures, concerts other programs. York in the early Fall of 2007, sponsored Individual Membership $ 35 Final design for the reverse of the Ten Dollar by the American Numismatic Society and Family Membership $ 60 Gold Coin, 1907. Courtesy Saint-Gaudens NHS the gallery of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York City. 2007 marks the centennial Sponsoring Membership $ 250 of the design and minting of these coins, Patron/Institutional Volunteers Needed which were commissioned by President Membership $ 500 Theodore Roosevelt. From the collections AT THE PARK of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Benefactor/Business For more information, please contact Site, the ANS and others will come a wealth Membership $ 1,000 Park Volunteer Coordinator, of objects, including rarely seen preliminary Greg Schwarz, Saint-Gaudens NHS, studies and casts. The exhibition will be I would like a FREE annual park pass 139 Saint-Gaudens Road, to the Saint-Gaudens Site. Cornish, NH 03745, curated by author David Tripp, who is (603) 675-2175 x 107, writing the exhibition’s illustrated catalogue. CHECK VIS A MASTERCARD or via e-mail at [email protected].

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