1995.193: Burlesque

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.193

People

Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)

Title

Burlesque

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

19th-20th century

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/232029

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Cast, sand

Dimensions

61 x 22.9 x 18.4 cm (24 x 9 x 7 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lois Orswell, acquired 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

1995.193

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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)
• 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Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim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

• Gaston Lachaise Retrospective, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, 11/05/1974 - 12/22/1974; Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 01/26/1975 - 03/09/1975; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, 05/01/1975 - 06/15/1975; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 07/12/1975 - 08/31/1975
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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