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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.195
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Woman in Balance
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1927
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232030

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
35.6 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm (14 x 5 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Left side of base: G.Lachaise 1927
  • inscription: On side of tab: R. B. W.; No. 3 inside right thigh. Donor noted that this is marked with a C, but this inscription was not noted in 1995.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, acquired 1946(?), 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
1995.195
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Perry S. Martin, "The Gift of Eve", Chrysalis, Swedenborg Foundation (New York, NY, Autumn 1989), vol. IV, no. 3, reproduced in b/w
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 97, fig. 133, p. 325, 327, 373
  • 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Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim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

  • 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947
  • 20th Century Art in New England, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 05/06/1948 - 06/30/1948
  • A Century of Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 03/30/1950 - 05/18/1950
  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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