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 (432 results)
Sea Lion (Seal) [LF 16/LF 222], 1914–1917

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Sea Lion (Seal) [LF 16/LF 222], 1914–1917

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Nude with Drapery, 1929

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Nude with Drapery, 1929

Sale Date: March 6, 2024

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Seated Nude with Drapey, 1930–1932

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Seated Nude with Drapey, 1930–1932

Sale Date: March 6, 2024

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Head, 1924

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Head, 1924

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

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Woman Standing (Portrait of

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Woman Standing (Portrait of "Madame Geo"), 1932

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

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Untitled, 1929

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Untitled, 1929

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Torso, 1928–1931

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Torso, 1928–1931

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Three Drawings: Woman Ascending StairsWoman..., 1920

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Three Drawings: Woman Ascending StairsWoman..., 1920

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Standing Nude.

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Standing Nude.

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Seated Nude Facing Right, with Arms Raised.

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Seated Nude Facing Right, with Arms Raised.

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Group of four drawings of nudes.

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Group of four drawings of nudes.

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Madame Lachaise, 1928

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Madame Lachaise, 1928

Sale Date: July 13, 2023

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Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126], 1928–1932

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Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126], 1928–1932

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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The Peacocks, 1918

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The Peacocks, 1918

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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Untitled, 1933

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Untitled, 1933

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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

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

Sale Date: December 13, 2022

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Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126], 1928–1932

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Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126], 1928–1932

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Standing Woman, 1920

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Standing Woman, 1920

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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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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