Harvard Art Museums > 1995.188: Female Torso Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Female Torso (Gaston Lachaise) , 1995.188,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 05, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/232572. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.188 People Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY) Title Female Torso Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1928 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232572 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Technique Cast Dimensions 21.6 x 20.3 x 6.4 cm (8 1/2 x 8 x 2 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: at top: G. La[ ]aise 1928 inscription: At top: RBW; inside proper right thigh: No 3 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Margaret Brown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, 1952(?), 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 1995.188 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Irma B. Jaffe, The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin, Viking Press (New York, 1980), p. 136, Fig. 88 (repr. 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. 99, fig. 48, pp. 103-105, 325, 375 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Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim Andrew J. Eschelbacher, A New American Sculpture 1914-1945: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art and Amon Carter Museum (Portland, ME and Fort Worth, TX, 2017), pp. 2-3, fig. 1, ill (color) Exhibition History Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
