GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)

Details

GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)

'Standing Woman', A Bronze Figure

inscribed 'G. LACHAISE'
7½in. (19cm.) high, dark brown patina

Provenance

With Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1966)

Literature

Anonymous, "Calendar", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, 3 December, 1963, 9, illus.

Exhibited

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, 3 October, 1962-6 January, 1963, no. 222
Los Angeles County Museum, Gaston Lachaise: 1882-1935, 3 December, 1963-19 January, 1964, cat. no. 8. This exhibition travelled to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 18 February-5 April, 1964.

Lot Essay

Upon his immigration to Boston from Paris in 1910, Lachaise began work on a series of small nudes inspired by his muse, Isabel Nagle Lachaise. While the dimensions of these stauettes were limited due to lack of space, the abundant vitality and sensuality are indicative of their importance to the artist's exploration of the female nude.

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