Female Nude (recto and verso) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.174
People: Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title: Female Nude (recto and verso)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1924
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/301891

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon on cream wove paper; verso: red and black crayon

Dimensions

actual: 50.7 x 35.1 cm (19 15/16 x 13 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r., graphite: G. Lachaise 1924
inscription: verso, graphite: Lachaise - 100

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.174
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. 109, p. 325

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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