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The Mountain
July 1923 - February 19249 x 20 x 9 in. (22.9 x 50.8 x 22.9 cm)
Gaston Lachaise
United States (Paris, France, 1882 - 1935, New York, New York)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Limestone
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Michael L. Watson
Accession Number:
1997.11
Location: Not currently on view
Lachaise made numerous versions of "The Mountain," in which he suggested the similarity between a reclining female figure and a mountainous form.
[Gallery label text, 2005]
[Gallery label text, 2005]
Marks
Artist's signature, sole of figure's left foot: G LACHAISE
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Gaston Lachaise 1882-1935: Sculpture and Drawings Los Angeles County Museum of Art 12/3/1963 - 4/5/1964
- Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings 1/21/1979 - 3/4/1979
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Discussion and reproduction. Gerald Nordland. Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1979.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Gaston Lachaise 1882-1935: Sculpture and Drawings. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1963.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Desmond Stone. Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Article Scope: Discussion. Donald Bannard Goodall. Gaston Lachaise, sculptor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1969.
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Modern Art: Who, What, and Why?
Materials accompanying a teacher inservice presentation at MAG Spring 2008
The Mountain
MAG Curator Margie Searl discusses Lachaise's sculpture of The Mountain, and its connection to the Memorial Art Gallery's founding family.
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