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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.187
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Isabel Dutaud Lachaise (1872-1957)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Madame Lachaise
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232571

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
18.4 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm (7 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): cast in lower proper left of base: G. LACHAISE [VB: verify period after G]
  • (not assigned): at center rear of base (ground in): copyright mark/1930; below (inscribed in the wax before casting): ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N - Y -

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gaston Lachaise, sold; to E. Weyhe (1930-1957), sold; to Lois Orswell (1957-1995), 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
1995.187
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. 104, fig. 136, p. 325, 327
  • 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Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim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

Verification Level

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