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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Woman (Woman Arranging Hair), 1912

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Woman (Woman Arranging Hair), 1912

Sale Date: November 17, 2020

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WOMAN (STRIDING WOMAN), 1928–1931

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WOMAN (STRIDING WOMAN), 1928–1931

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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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: September 30, 2020

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Pudeur (Draped Figure, Standing Woman), 1915–1917

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Pudeur (Draped Figure, Standing Woman), 1915–1917

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Torso (Ogunquit Torso) [LF 112, 1925

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Torso (Ogunquit Torso) [LF 112, 1925

Sale Date: August 7, 2020

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Woman (Figure with Background) (high..., 1912–1917

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Woman (Figure with Background) (high..., 1912–1917

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Woman (Standing Woman with Right Hand..., 1925–1926

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Woman (Standing Woman with Right Hand..., 1925–1926

Sale Date: June 23, 2020

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Female Figure (Standing Nude, Left Hand..., 1917

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Female Figure (Standing Nude, Left Hand..., 1917

Sale Date: July 1, 2020

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FLYING FIGURE OF WOMAN (FLOATING FIGURE), 1924

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FLYING FIGURE OF WOMAN (FLOATING FIGURE), 1924

Sale Date: May 1, 2020

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Female Nude

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Female Nude

Sale Date: March 28, 2020

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Untitled, 1932

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Untitled, 1932

Sale Date: March 12, 2020

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Seated Nude

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Seated Nude

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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Female Nude

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Female Nude

Sale Date: December 6, 2019

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: November 15, 2019

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: November 15, 2019

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Equestrienne [LF 22], 1917

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Equestrienne [LF 22], 1917

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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HEAD OF WOMAN, 1917–1922

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HEAD OF WOMAN, 1917–1922

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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The Knees [LF 195], 1932–1933

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The Knees [LF 195], 1932–1933

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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Head of a Woman [LF 320], 1920–1929

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Head of a Woman [LF 320], 1920–1929

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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LF 115, 1912

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LF 115, 1912

Sale Date: November 19, 2019

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Female Nude from Behind

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Female Nude from Behind

Sale Date: August 25, 2019

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Nude-Rear View-Standing with Arm Raised, 1925

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Nude-Rear View-Standing with Arm Raised, 1925

Sale Date: August 25, 2019

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Standing Male Nude, 1930

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Standing Male Nude, 1930

Sale Date: August 25, 2019

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Untitled, 1932–1934

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Untitled, 1932–1934

Sale Date: July 18, 2019

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