Walking Woman

細節

Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935)
Walking Woman
inscribed and dated 'G. LACHAISE/© 1922' (on the base)--stamped 'Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y.' (along the edge of the base)
polished bronze
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high

來源

Estate of Marion S. Fairweather.
William Doyle Galleries, New York, 5 October 1988, lot 76.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

出版

H. Kramer, The Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, New York, 1967, no. 21, illustration of another example.

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拍品專文

"The Walking Woman is still another variation on the standing figure conception. In this celebrated work, the clothed figure strides forward in her ankle-length dress, making a membrance of bronze delineate the space between the two legs. The skirt swirls behind and all of the bright brassy metal is polished to a high brilliance...The finish may well owe something to Brancusi; the use of brilliantly polished surfaces was not normal to traditional sculpture and many artists preferred a patine of age. [In the present work] Lachaise was proclaiming his modernity in this finish...This nineteen-inch Walking Woman is in the tradition of Lachaise's earth mothers, but he has simplified her appearance by eliminating details and marks of handling, finishing the work with a reflective polish which mirrors the environment and complicates the reading of form." (G. Nordland, Gaston Lachaise: The Man and His Work, New York, 1974, pp. 71, 74)