Nude with Drapery, Gaston Lachaise | Mia

simplified line drawing of nude woman with small head; PR arm bent at elbow and pointed downward; PL hand on shoulder; drapery folds held in each hand and covering lower legs; wide hips turned toward PL — Nude with Drapery, 20th century
Gaston Lachaise
Pencil on paper
Gift of Raymond A. and Ruth A. Reister 2016.136.5
Not on View
Famed as a sculptor of female nudes, Gaston Lachaise is credited with imparting new power to the female form. From 1912 to 1921, he worked in New York as an assistant to the sculptor and St. Paul native Paul Manship (1886–1966). Apart from his portrait busts, most of Lachaise’s works can be likened to prehistoric fertility goddesses, as in this symphony of turns, cascades, and loops.

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Title: Nude with Drapery
Dated: 20th century
Artist: Gaston Lachaise
Nationality: American (born France)
Artist Life: American (born France), 1882–1935
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: Arts of the Americas
Dimension: 17 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (45.56 × 30.16 cm) (sheet)29 1/8 × 22 × 3/4 in. (73.98 × 55.88 × 1.91 cm) (outer frame)
Credit: Gift of Raymond A. and Ruth A. Reister
Accession Number: 2016.136.5
Medium: Pencil on paper
Country: United States
Century: 20th century
Provenance: Ruth A. Reister, Minneapolis; Estate of Ruth A. Reister; bequethed to MIA, 2016
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Classification: Drawings; Works on Paper
Object Name: Drawing
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