Lot Essay
The present model is one of the central figures from Lachaise's Dolphin Fountain of 1924.
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
to benefit its Acquistion Program*
GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)
Details
GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)
A Bronze Figure of a Dolphin
inscribed 'G. LACHAISE © 1924' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-'
8½in. (21.6cm.) high, brown patina
A Bronze Figure of a Dolphin
inscribed 'G. LACHAISE © 1924' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-'
8½in. (21.6cm.) high, brown patina
Provenance
Jon Streep, New York, 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1966)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1966)
Literature
H. Kramer, The Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, New York, 1967, figs 53-54 for the Dolphin fountain group
Goodall, D.B., "Gaston Lachaise, Sculptor", unpublished dissertation, Harvard University, 1969, p. 524
Goodall, D.B., "Gaston Lachaise, Sculptor", unpublished dissertation, Harvard University, 1969, p. 524
Exhibited
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 17 November, 1977-15 January, 1978, no 32, illus.