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The Puritan

Artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens American, born Ireland, 1848–1907

Date1883–1886, remodeled 1898; this cast by 1901

MediumBronze

Dimensions31 x 19 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (78.7 x 49.5 x 32.4 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Fabius B. Pendleton in memory of Katherine Pendleton Arrington

Object numberG.71.40.9

On View

On view

ProvenanceKatherine Pendleton Arrington, Warrenton, NC; to Estate of Katherine Pendleton Arrington, 1955; to Mr. and Mrs. Fabius B. Pendleton, Raleigh, n.d.; given to NCMA, 1971.

Published References"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), listed 51, illus. (b-w) 17. John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1982), cat. no. 125, listed 166. Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 256. Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 240. James Seay, "The Puritan," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 46-47, illus. (color) 46. John W. Coffey, entry for The Puritan, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 206, illus. (color). Barbara Jean Hartley, "The Puritan," in Mélanges I (des Coeurs) (Raleigh: Hart Press, 1999), 15, illus. (b-w) 14. Henry J. Duffy, "American Sculptor: Augustus Saint-Gaudens," American Art Review 15, no. 1 (February 2003), illus. (color) 153. John W. Coffey, "Tributes to Human Character: Saint-Gaudens's Timeless Portraits," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (March/April 2003), mentioned 4, illus. (color) 5. Max Halperen, "Full Figures," Raleigh: The News and Observer (February 23, 2003), discussed 10G, illus. (color) 1G. John W. Coffey, entry for The Puritan, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 430, illus. (color) 431. Thayer Tolles, “The Puritan as Statuette,” In Homage to Worthy Ancestors: The Puritan, The Pilgrim, Henry J. Duffy, ed. (Ossining, NY: The Saint-Gaudens Memorial, 2011), mentioned 81 and note 21, p. 91.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions and Loans,"July 16-October. 1, 1972. Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 1-30, 1978. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Sculptor of the Gilded Age," February 23-May 11, 2003. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: The Foundation of the North Carolina Museum of Art, 1924–1945,” November 27, 2019–February 9, 2020. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–March 4, 2024. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," March 26, 2024-present.

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