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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.194
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Draped Figure, Headless
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232573

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
15.2 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm (6 x 3 x 1 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back at bottom, G. Lachaise

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
1995.194
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. 106, p. 325
  • 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Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim

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