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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.192
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Buttocks
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232027

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
20.3 x 27.9 x 17.8 cm (8 x 11 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Margaret Brown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, 1957(?), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.192
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 107, fig. 44, pp. 95-96, 325, 377
  • Julia Day, Jens Stenger, Katherine Eremin, Narayan Khandekar, and Virginia Budny, "Gaston Lachaise: Characteristics of His Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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