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Agnus Memorial (after Adams Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Pausch, Edward Ludwig Albert, 1856-1931, sculptor. Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Agnus Memorial (after Adams Memorial), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Black Aggie, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1906-1907. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  69 1/2 x 42 x 48 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A seated figure mourning, with proper right hand held up to chin, eyes closed, and head draped. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Passion -- Grief Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Located U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 717 Madison Place, Courtyard, Washington, District of Columbia Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Gift of Leser, Felix Agnus, Mrs., 1967. Formerly located Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland Remarks:  This sculpture is an unauthorized copy of the Adams Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (see IAS record 77006107). The replica was commissioned in Oct. 1906, by General Felix Agnus, who ordered the copy through John Salter & Son Company. Salter & Son hired Pausch to create the copy, which was installed at the Agnus family plot in Druid Ridge Cemetery near Baltimore, in Oct. 1907. In 1908, Saint-Gaudens widow discovers the existence of the unauthorized copy and sued Agnus, Agnus sued Salter & Co., with judgement received on June 30, 1910. Although they lost the suit, the Agnus family did not remove the monument. After the death of Agnus, the statue (popularly called Black Aggie) was the frequent victim of pranks and graffiti. The figure's proper right hand was cut off in 19623. In 1967, the memorial was donated to the National Museum of American Art by Mrs. Felix Leser. When subsquent research revealed that it was an unauthorized freehand copy, the work was deaccessioned and transferred to the General Services Administration, where it now resides. IAS files contain related article from Cosmos 1998, pg. 107-120. References:  National Museum of American Art, 1990. Illustration:  Washington Post, August 19, 2012, C3. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 08581351   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08581351 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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