Standing Nude
Maker
Gaston Lachaise
(American, born in France, 1882-1935)
Date1886 - 1935
MediumCast bronze
DimensionsHeight: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Height with base: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Height with base: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Stern
Object number1991.10
Object TypeSculpture
On View
Not on viewOf the female figure, Gaston Lachaise exclaimed:
"The breasts, the abdomen, the thighs, the buttocks—upon each of these elements the sculptor lavishes a powerful and incisive massiveness, a rounded voluminousness, that answers not to the descriptions of nature but to an ideal prescribed by his own emotions."
Lachaise was most noted for his female nudes, such as this. It was after he fell in love with an American woman and followed her to Boston that his style matured. His work helped to redefine the female nude in a new and powerful manner.
"The breasts, the abdomen, the thighs, the buttocks—upon each of these elements the sculptor lavishes a powerful and incisive massiveness, a rounded voluminousness, that answers not to the descriptions of nature but to an ideal prescribed by his own emotions."
Lachaise was most noted for his female nudes, such as this. It was after he fell in love with an American woman and followed her to Boston that his style matured. His work helped to redefine the female nude in a new and powerful manner.
