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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.165
People
Gaston Lachaise, American (Paris, France 1882 - 1935 New York, NY)
Title
Female Nude (Conte de Fée)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305783

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 22.7 x 30.2 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Conte de Fee/G. Lachaise

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gaston Lachaise, to; Isabel Dutaud (Mrs. Gaston) Lachaise. [E. Weyhe Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1960, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

NOTE: Provenance information from inscription on back of frame.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.165
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 122, pp. 371, 378

Verification Level

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