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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.179
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Semi-Nude Female Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305762

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 48.3 x 30.8 cm (19 x 12 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: G Lachaise

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
1995.179
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. 127

Exhibition History

  • Three American Sculptors and the Female Nude: Lachaise, Nadelman, Archipenko, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1980 - 06/15/1980; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 07/17/1980 - 09/15/1980

Verification Level

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