LACHAISE, Gaston

Paris 1882 - New York City, New York, United States 1935

Maker: Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.

Isabelle Dutaud Lachaise (1872-1957)

Isabelle Dutaud Lachaise (1872-1957)

bronze

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 7 ¹⁄₄ x 2 ¹⁄₂ x 2 ¹⁄₂ in.

cast in lower proper left of base: G. LACHAISE [VB: verify period after G]
at center rear of base (ground in): copyright mark / 1930
below (inscribed in the wax before casting): ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N - Y -

Acc. No.: 1995.187

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell, 1995.187

Photo credit: 2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Art Museums

www.harvardartmuseums.org

Provenance

• Gaston Lachaise
• 1930, sold to E. Weyhe
• 1930-1957, E. Weyhe
• 1957, sold to Lois Orswell
• 1957-1995, Lois Orswell
• 1995, gift to Harvard University Art Museums

Bibliography

• Museum's website, January 22, 2013
• 2002 Cohn and Kianovsky
  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

Exhibitions

• 1974-1975 Ithaca/Los Angeles/Chicago/Minneapolis
  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

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