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Female Torso (Ogunquit)
192510 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (26 x 21.9 x 10.5 cm)
Gaston Lachaise
United States (Paris, France, 1882 - 1935, New York, New York)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Nickel-plated bronze
Credit Line:
Gift of Friends of the Gallery
Accession Number:
1960.46
Location: Currently on view
Lachaise's sculptures captured in permanent form elusive and complex ideals of female beauty. Here, the model's contrapposto stance, in which the weight is off center rather than upright and balanced, is lively and engaging. Additionally, areas of bronze color enliven the fragment's surface.
[Gallery label text, 2005]
[Gallery label text, 2005]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Selections from the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Albany Institute of History & Art 11/15/1964 - 12/20/1964
- Contrasts/Comparisons 9/28/1973 - 10/28/1973
- An Exhibition of Small Sculptures Memorial Art Gallery 1/18/1977 - 2/25/1977
- Exhibition at Long Ridge Mall Memorial Art Gallery 4/18/1977 - 5/17/1977
- Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings 1/21/1979 - 3/4/1979
- From Line to Form Memorial Art Gallery 4/16/1981 - 5/10/1981
- Gaston Lachaise: 100th Anniversary Exhibition 11/19/1982 - 12/19/1982
- Order and Enigma: American Art Between the Two Wars Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute 10/13/1984 - 3/2/1986
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Gaston Lachaise, 100th Anniversary Exhibition: Sculpture and Drawings. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1982.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Gerald Nordland. Gaston Lachaise: The Man and His Work. New York, NY: George Braziller, 1974.
- Article Scope: Mention. Julia Day and et al. Gaston Lachaise: Characteristics of His Bronze Sculpture. Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum. Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2012.
- Article Scope: Mention. Donald Bannard Goodall. Gaston Lachaise, sculptor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1969.
- American Art. New York, NY: Christie's, March 25 2015.
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