Harvard Art Museums > 1995.199: Female Torso Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Female Torso (Gaston Lachaise) , 1995.199,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232238. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.199 People Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY) Title Female Torso Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1931 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232238 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Technique Cast Dimensions 26 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 x 3 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower rear: G. Lachaise 1931 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gaston Lachaise, sold; to Mrs. Wiener, 1931, sold; to Lois Orswell, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995. NOTE: Provenance provided by Mrs. Orswell. Mrs. Wiener was first Mrs. Maurice Wertheim. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Accession Year 1995 Object Number 1995.199 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 101, fig. 135, p. 325, 327, 375 Julia Day, Jens Stenger, Katherine Eremin, Narayan Khandekar, and Virginia Budny, "Gaston Lachaise: Characteristics of His Bronze Sculpture" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2006), Unpublished, pp. 1-77 passim Exhibition History Gaston Lachaise Retrospective, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, 11/05/1974 - 12/22/1974; Frederick S. Wight Art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 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
