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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.197
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Marie Pierce (1886-1967)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait Mask of Marie Pierce
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
mask, sculpture
Date
1922
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232239

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
17.8 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm (7 x 5 x 3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Buchholz 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
1995.197
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Carolyn Kinder Carr, Gaston Lachaise: Portrait Sculpture, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C, 1985), reproduced in b/w p. 13
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 96, fig. 132, pp. 325-326

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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