Gaston Lachaise

(American/French, 1882–1935)

Gaston Lachaise was a French-born American artist known for his sculptures and drawings of the female form. Focusing on the voluptuous qualities of breasts, thighs, and buttocks, Lachaise achieved a modern equivalent to Paleolithic fertility idols, as seen in his Standing Woman (1932). Lachaise once expressed his artistic ambition to be, “the glorification of the human body, of the human spirit, with all that there is of daring, of magnificence, of significance.” Born on March 19, 1882 in Paris, France, Lachaise entered a decorative sculpture school at the age of 13, enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts three years later. In 1902, the artist met his muse and future wife, an American woman named Isabel Nagle, he was immediately infatuated with her, both romantically and as a model for his sculptures. Driven to follow Nagle to her home in Boston, Lachaise left Paris in 1905, upon reaching America he found employment as an assistant to various sculptors. The couple married in 1917, moving to New York with his new bride, the artist fell in to a milieu of artists that included John Marin and Georgia O’Keefe. In 1935, Lachaise was the subject of the first retrospective The Museum of Modern Art had given to a living sculptor. He died the same year on October 18, 1935 in New York, NY. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Gaston Lachaise Artworks

Gaston Lachaise (438 results)

Head of Woman (Egyptian Head), [LF35] , 1922

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Head of Woman (Egyptian Head), [LF35] , 1922

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Reclining Woman, 1925–1927

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Reclining Woman, 1925–1927

Sale Date: November 15, 2022

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Equestrienne (Woman on Horseback) [LF 22], 1930

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Equestrienne (Woman on Horseback) [LF 22], 1930

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Standing Nude Arms Overhead, 1928–1930

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Standing Nude Arms Overhead, 1928–1930

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Nude-Back View Arms Overhead, 1928–1930

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Nude-Back View Arms Overhead, 1928–1930

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Acrobat, 1928

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Acrobat, 1928

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Torso, 1933

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Sale Date: October 7, 2022

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Woman (Striding Woman), 1928–1931

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Woman (Striding Woman), 1928–1931

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

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Passion

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Sale Date: June 18, 2022

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Passion

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Sale Date: June 18, 2022

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Passion

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Sale Date: June 18, 2022

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MALE NUDE, 1969

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MALE NUDE, 1969

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Woman (Striding Woman), 1928–1931

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Woman (Striding Woman), 1928–1931

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Acrobat [LF 209] (Unique Cast), 1924

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Acrobat [LF 209] (Unique Cast), 1924

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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Seated Woman with Headdress, circa 1930, 1930

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Seated Woman with Headdress, circa 1930, 1930

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Gaston Lachaise Male Nude Drawing

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Gaston Lachaise Male Nude Drawing

Sale Date: January 30, 2022

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Nude in Chair

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Nude in Chair

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Portrait Statuette of Miss Marjorie..., 1923–1924

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Portrait Statuette of Miss Marjorie..., 1923–1924

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Moment of Failing, 1928

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Moment of Failing, 1928

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Female Torso

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Sale Date: August 29, 2021

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Woman on Divan (Woman on Sofa, Woman on a..., 1919

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Woman on Divan (Woman on Sofa, Woman on a..., 1919

Sale Date: May 3, 2021

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Standing Nude Woman (Standing Woman..., 1925–1926

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Standing Nude Woman (Standing Woman..., 1925–1926

Sale Date: May 3, 2021

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Untitled 1932-34, 1932–1934

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Untitled 1932-34, 1932–1934

Sale Date: March 23, 2021

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Untitled (Woman) (a double-sided work),..., 1933

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Untitled (Woman) (a double-sided work),..., 1933

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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