GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)
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ID 1561409
Los 54 | GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935)
Schätzwert
15000USD $ 15 000 – 25 000
Head of Woman (Egyptian Head) [LF 35]
inscribed 'G. LACHAISE/©1923' and stamped 'LACHAISE/ESTATE' and '4/6' (along the base)
bronze with selectively applied dark patina
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Modeled in 1922; cast circa 1966.
Provenance
Lachaise Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts.
Robert Schoelkopf, New York, acquired from the above, 1967.
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1969.
Estate of the above.
Showplace, Astoria, New York, 1 May 2025, lot 13, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
"Woman’s Head by Gaston Lachaise," The Dial, vol. LXXIV, no. 3, March 1923, following p. 240, plaster model illustrated.
A.E. Gallatin, Gaston Lachaise, New York, 1924, p. 52, pl. 5, an unidentified example illustrated.
C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, An Illustrated Catalogue of an Important Collection of Paintings, Marbles, Bronzes, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1924, n.p., no. 31, another example referenced.
Anderson Galleries, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by American Artists Selected by the Associated Dealers in American Paintings, Inc., exhibition catalogue, New York, 1928, no. 415, an unidentified example illustrated.
A.D. Emmart, "Review of the Exhibition of Sculpture by Bourdelle, Maillol, Lachaise, and Zorach at the Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore Sun, April 8, 1928, section 2, p. 6, an unidentified example illustrated.
Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans: Ninth Loan Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1930, p. 20, no. 105, pl. 105, another example illustrated.
Hilton Kramer, et al., The Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1967, p. 48, no. 20, illustrated.
"Image," Sacramento Bee, September 10, 1967, p. L26, illustrated.
A. Frankenstein, "A Rare Presence in Bronze," San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, October 1, 1967, p. 37, illustrated.
"Sculptor to Have Exhibit," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 19, 1967, p. F9, illustrated.
S. Remaley, "800 Attend Lachaise Show at Ringling Art Museum," Brandenton Herald, December 5, 1967, p. 2-B.
"Lachaise Work on Display," St. Petersburg Times, December 14, 1968, p. D7, illustrated.
"Putting Heads Together," Maine Sunday Telegram, February 25, 1968, p. C9, illustrated.
Felix Landau Gallery, 20th Anniversary Exhibition: 1948-68, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles, California, 1968, n.p., no. 30, another example illustrated.
D.B. Goodall, "Gaston Lachaise, Sculptor," Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1969, vol. I, pp. 421-42, 536n6; vol. II, pp. 141-42, 470-71, pl. LXV, another example illustrated.
R. Pincus-Witten, "Gaston Lachaise: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery," Artforum, May 1969, p. 61.
A. Lerner, ed., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, New York, 1974, pp. 219, 710, fig. 296, another example illustrated.
Monthly Labor Review, November 1975, another cast illustrated on the cover.
A.H. Barr, Jr., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967, New York, 1977, pp. 252, 557, another example illustrated.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gaston Lachaise: A Concentration of Works from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1980, pp. 18, 19, another example illustrated.
American Art in the Newark Museum: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Newark, New Jersey, 1981, pp. 226, 412, another example illustrated.
G.A. Reynolds, American Bronze Sculpture, 1850 to the Present, exhibition catalogue, Newark, New Jersey, 1984, p. 44, no. 51, another example illustrated.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Modern Times: Aspects of American Art, 1907-1956, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1986, pp. 64-65, no. 56, another example illustrated.
T. Wolfe, The Face, exhibition catalogue, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1988, pp. 10, 34, another example illustrated.
Salander O’Reilly Galleries, Inc., Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1991, pp. 22-23, 81, no. 4, pl. 4, another example illustrated.
Freeing Art from Wood: The Sculpture of Leslie Garland Bolling, Richmond, Virginia, 2006, p. 101, another example illustrated.
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at Twenty Years: The Collection Catalogue, Gainesville, Florida, 2010, pp. 122, 140, another example illustrated.
J. Day, J. Stenger, K. Eremin, N. Khandekar, V. Budny, Gaston Lachaise: Characteristics of His Bronze Sculpture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2012, pp. vii, 30, 63, 66nH, 67, 68nF, other examples referenced.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Gaston Lachaise: A Modern Epic Vision, exhibition catalogue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012, n.p., pl. 18, another example illustrated.
Bruce Museum, Face & Figure: The Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, exhibition catalogue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2012, pp. 30-31, 33, 51n39, no. 16, another example illustrated.
Paul Kasmin Gallery, The Enormity of the Possible, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2017, pp. 28-29, another example illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art; Sarasota, Florida, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Waltham, Massachusetts, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum; Portland, Maine, Portland Museum of Art; Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery; Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Institute; Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art; New York, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery; Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois, Kennert Art Museum, Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings, September 26, 1967-May 21, 1969.
| Künstler: | Gaston Lachaise (1882 - 1935) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
| Künstler: | Gaston Lachaise (1882 - 1935) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
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