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Portrait Statuette of Mrs. J. Sibley Watson, Jr.
192516 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (41.3 x 19.1 x 16.5 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 a Friend of the Gallery
Accession Number:
1967.11
Location: Not currently on view
Strength and refinement are communicated simultaneously in this elegant portrait of Hildegarde Lasell Watson. She and her husband, James Sibley Watson, Jr., were important figures in Rochester’s cultural history, and were central to an avant-garde salon of writers, artists and musicians during the first half of the 20th century.
The sculpture is enlivened by Gaston Lachaise’s characteristic use of contrasting surface colors.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
The sculpture is enlivened by Gaston Lachaise’s characteristic use of contrasting surface colors.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
Marks
Artist's signature, right top of base: G Lachaise c 1925 Foundry mark, left back edge of base: Roman Bronze Works N.Y.
Provenance
Presumably commissioned from the artist
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Paintings by Living American Artists 2/6/1930 - 2/28/1930
- Gaston Lachaise 1882-1935: Sculpture and Drawings Los Angeles County Museum of Art 12/3/1963 - 4/5/1964
- Selections from the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Albany Institute of History & Art 11/15/1964 - 12/20/1964
- Selections from the Permanent Collection Summer 1975
- Treasures from Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 4/14/1977 - 5/28/1977
- Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings 1/21/1979 - 3/4/1979
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Selected Work from the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr. Memorial Art Gallery 8/19/1985 - 9/21/1985
- Gaston Lachaise: Portrait Sculpture 11/22/1985 - 2/16/1986
- Connoisseurs Around the Corner: Gifts of Art from MAG’s Founding Family Memorial Art Gallery 9/6/2013 - 1/19/2014
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Junker, Patricia. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. 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. Page Number: 208-209
- Article Title: Acquisitions. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 32, Issue Number: 9. Issue Date: May 1967.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
- Memorial Art Gallery. Handbook Supplement : acquisitions, 1962-68. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1968.
- Apollo. London, England: Apollo
- Article Scope: Discussion and reproduction. Gerald Nordland. Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1979.
- Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Washington Post
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Carolyn Kinder Carr and Margaret C. S. Christman. Gaston Lachaise: Portrait Sculpture. Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1985.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Gaston Lachaise 1882-1935: Sculpture and Drawings. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1963.
- Article Scope: Entry. Susan Dodge Peters. Selected Work From the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr.. Rochester, NY: Bevier Gallery, RIT, 1985.
- Article Author: Culbert, Cynthia L.. Article Title: Gaston Lachaise: Fountain Figure. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 209
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Mrs. Hildegarde Lasell Watson. The Edge of the Woods. Rochester, NY: James S. Watson, Jr., 1979.
- A. E. Gallatin. Gaston Lachaise: Sixteen Reproductions in Collotype of the Sculptor's Work. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1924.
- Article Scope: Mention. Donald Bannard Goodall. Gaston Lachaise, sculptor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1969.
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