A limited-edition bronze sculpture of a partially nude, standing woman by French artist, Gaston Lachaise. The rear upper base of the sculpture is engraved, "Lachaise Estate" and "9/9." A Gerald Peters Gallery label is affixed to the underside. The original sculpture (from circa 1918) was part of the international museum exhibition, "Gaston Lachaise: Sculptures and Drawings," from 2003-2007. "Standing Nude, and many other works by Lachaise, are both portraits of his beloved [wife] and cultlike images of a goddess of fecundity ...all feature a contrapposto stance with weight borne on the figures' right legs and a similar treatment of drapery." - American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thayer Tolles
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935) Head of Woman (Long Neck) [LF 109], 1922 bronze with selectively applied patina on a squared black lucite base stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE in a cartouche and numbered 7/12 (back of neck, at proper left); also stamped with the conjoined initials of the Modern Art Foundry MA and symbol of the Art Founders Guild AFG (on center back of neck); modeled between 1917 and 1922, this example cast in 1989 height: 10 ¼ in. Property from a Private New York City Family Collection.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935) Passion [LF 105], c. 1932-1934 bronze with brown patina stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE in a cartouche and numbered 6/7 (on base, at the back); modeled circa 1932-1934, this example cast in 1988 height: 25 3/4 in. Property from a Private New York City Family Collection.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935) Relief-Woman (Second State) [LF 128], 1934 bronze with brown verdigris patina stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE and numbered 1/8 (lower right), modeled in 1935, this example cast in 1975 height: 86 in. Property from a Private New York City Family Collection.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935) Torso with Arms Raised, 1935 [LF 106] bronze with black patina on a square black Lucite base stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE in a cartouche and numbered 1/8 (along the base, to the right) Model 1935; cast 1963. height: 36 inches. width: 32 1/2 inches. depth: 16 inches. This lot is located in Philadelphia. Property from a Private Family Collection, New York City
French/American, 1882-1935 Seated Woman (Figure), circa 1929-31 Signed G Lachaise (lr) Graphite and brown ink on paper Sight 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (36.8 x 31.8 cm) Provenance: Estate of Isabel Lachaise [with]E. Weyhe, Inc., New York Lachaise Foundation, Boston [with]Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles [with]Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York Exhibited: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings, September 26-October 29, no. 48; and traveling, for example, to: Fort Dodge, IA, Des Moines Art Center, January 19- February 14, 1971; Canton, OH, The Canton Art Institute, June 1-July 14, 1974; Amarillo, TX, Amarillo Art Center, September 8-October 10, 1976; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 17-July 27, 1979; Fort Dodge, IA, Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, March 15-April 12, 1981; Wichita, KS, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, April 20-June 5, 1983 New York, NY, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Gaston Lachaise [1882—1935]: Sculpture and Drawings, April 28-May 30, 1998, n.p., no. 48 Gaston Lachaise’s Seated Woman represents a nude who is dancing on tiptoes, prominently displaying her derrière, as she seductively turns away from the viewer to play with some drapery. The present title, which is posthumous, is a misnomer, as the back of the nude’s right leg is clearly visible. The drawing has been dated 1932, yet the relationship of the comparatively small image to the space of the page suggests a date of about 1930, as Lachaise’s later drawings of such figures tend to cover large pages. The reverse of the pose appears in Burlesque (Backview); Gaston Lachaise, 1882–1935, exhibition catalogue, Paris: Gallimard, 2007 (English edition), p. 185, plate 100, catalogue no. 83. A front view of the same figure is seen in a drawing now owned by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, accession no. 2018.48; A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach, exhibition catalogue, Portland, Maine: Portland Museum of Art. 2017, p. 149, plate 68. These three examples illustrate Lachaise’s fascinating practice of exploring various ways to represent a particular motif or pose. - Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation Framed 19 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Figure in Motion, c. 1933-1935 Pencil on paper Signed in pencil G. Lachaise (lower left) Sheet size: 24 1/8 x 19 in. (61.3 x 48.3cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Male Nude, c. 1932 Pencil on paper Signed 'G Lachaise' (lower right) Sheet size: 24 1/8 × 19 in. (61.3 x 48.3cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Veiled Nude, c. 1932-1935 Pencil on paper Signed G' Lach.' (lower center right) Sheet size: 24 × 19 in. (61 x 48.3cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Torso [LF 84] Bronze with golden patina on a black square lucite base Stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE and numbered 1/10 (along the rim verso) Modeled circa 1931; cast in 1964 (second state). Height (not including base): 11 1/4 in. (28.6cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Standing Woman [LF 136] Bronze with dark brown patina Stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE and numbered 1/12 (along the base verso) Model circa 1935; cast 1973 (probably May 29, 1973; no later than October 1973) Height: 17 in. (43.2cm) / Width: 5 in. (12.7cm) / Depth: 6 in. (15.2cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Dans La Nuit (Lovers) [LF 108] Bronze with dark brown patina Stamped LACHAISE/ESTATE and numbered 1/7 (along the base); also with MODERN ART FOUNDRY/NEW YORK. foundry mark and inscribed with the insignias of the Modern Art Foundry and the Art Founders Guild MA AFG and dated 85 (along the base) Modeled in 1935, cast in 1985. Height: 33 in. (83.8cm) / With: 89 1/2 in. (227.3cm) / Depth: 41 1/4 in. (104.8cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia. We wish to thank Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Lachaise’s work (sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation), for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present work.
Gaston Lachaise,American (1882 - 1935) Bronze figure "Pudeur" with verdigris patina on onyx base. Signed G. Lachaise 1917. Good condition. Measures 14-1/2" H x 5-1/2" x 4".LA/B13/SH:19A
GASTON LACHAISE Bee Sculpture on Marble Base. Brass Dimensions: Height: 5.5 inches, Width: 4.75 inches, Depth: 2 inches. --- US Packing and Shipping charge: $35 Plus insurance at a rate of $1 per hundred. - We offer curbside delivery for most items to NYC, Manhattan, Close Brooklyn, Hoboken about a week after the auction at reasonable rates. Next Trip October 9. See details at our website. https://www.uniquesandantiques.com/nyc/
Lot 58 Gaston Lachaise French (1882-1935) Portrait of Morris Robert Werner (modeled 1928, cast 1929) bronze inscribed G. LACHAISE and ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. with base: 16 x 8 1/2 x 10 inches, bronze height: 12 inches Donald Bannard Goodall, "Gaston Lachaise, Sculptor," 2 vols. (Ph.D. diss., HarvardUniversity, 1969), vol. 1, p. 447-48, 449, 539n.25, 540n.29; vol. 2, pp. 185-86, 460, Pl.LXXXVII, illustrated. Washington, D. C. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. "Gaston Lachaise: Portrait Sculpture," November 22, 1985–February 16, 1986, pp. 14, 114-115, illustrated. This work will be included in a forthcoming catalogue raisonné written by Virginia Budny sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation. The sculpture is catalogued as LF 235 by the Foundation Thank you to Ms. Budny for her insight included on this listing. Previous owner was friends with the sitter Bust is larger than life. Provenance: From the Collection of Bruce G. Campbell Morris Robert Werner, New York, from 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Campbell, by 1985
LACHAISE, Gaston.- Typewritten note with autograph signature in pencil of the renowned French-American sculptor: "received from Welles Bosworth in satisfactory condition the stone head I left with him to guarantee performance of contract" Letterhead of the American architect Welles Borsworth, dated September 1925.
GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935) Woman (Woman Without Beads; Standing Woman with Arms Behind her Back). Bronze, 1925-28 (cast in 1968, by May 1968). 340x135 mm; 13⅜x5⅜ inches. With the Lachaise Estate stamp and stamped 2/9 along the lower edge verso. Provenance Estate of the artist. [with] Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, from the above, by May 1968. Acquired from the above by Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, May 1968. Purchased from the above by private collector, Beverly Hills, January 8, 1969. Thence by descent to current owner, Colorado.
GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935) Female Nude Seen from Rear. Black crayon and pencil on Asian paper, circa 1920. 261x180 mm; 10⅜x7 inches. Signed twice in pencil and crayon, lower right. Provenance Private collection, New York, before 1985. Private collection, New Jersey.
GASTON LACHAISE Bee Sculpture on Marble. Brass Dimensions: Height: 5.5 inches, Width: 5 inches, Depth: 2.5 inches. --- US Packing and Shipping charge: $35 Plus insurance at a rate of $1 per hundred. - - We offer curbside delivery for most items to NYC, Manhattan, Close Brooklyn, Hoboken about a week after the auction at reasonable rates. Next Trip August 14. See details at our website. https://www.uniquesandantiques.com/nyc/
width 5 in; depth 2.25 in; height 5.25 in; Authorized museum replica by Alva Studios produced c. 1970 and is a replica of the original sculpture by Gaston Lachaise at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Gaston Lachaise, American, French, 1882 to 1935, patinated cast bronze sculpture, Acrobat. Mounted on a base. Signed with a cast signature, G. Lachaise, on the base. Gaston Lachaise, the French American sculptor who produced lively portrait busts but also sculptures of the female anatomy that border upon abstractions, played a critical role in the development of American 20th century art. The bronze statue of L Acrobat conceived in 1928 and cast during his lifetime, fuses the abstract refinements of Brancusi and Nadelman with the realism of Degas. There seems to be a perfect balance between the swelling forms and vertical forces of gravity that anchor the piece to the base. L Acrobat aspires to formal perfection in depicting an inverted athlete in the same manner as a similar work of Greek sculpture like the Discobolus. American and European Bronze Sculptures, Figures, Figurines, Statues, Home Decor, Interior Design, and Collectibles.
American, 1882-1935 Nude with Shawl Signed G Lachaise (lr) Pencil on paper 9 1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm) Provenance: Sale, Swann Galleries, June 14, 2012, lot 31 (Framed 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches) Paper is toned. Some ripple to paper near edges and creases in the corners. A few small spots of staining.
American, 1882-1935 Seated Nude with Drape Signed G Lachaise (lr) Pencil on paper 24 1/8 x 19 inches (61.3 x 48.3 cm) Provenance: Edward M.M. Warburg, New York (purchase from the artist in 1933 or 1934) G. Alan Chidsey, Plandome, New York Eva Lee Gallery, Great Neck, New York Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (by 1962) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (gift from the above, 1966) Sale, Christie’s New York, March 16, 1994, lot 132 (from the Trustees of the above) Private collection, New York Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, LLC, New York Sale, Christie’s New York, September 15, 2005, lot 179 Private collection Sale, Christie’s New York, January 12, 2010, lot 197 Exhibited: (probably) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition, January - March 1935, p. 28. New York, Forum Gallery, Sculptors' Drawings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, October 1962, no. 18. Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center, May - June 1963, no. 18. Gaston Lachaise’s elaborately-coiffed nude woman in this drawing is casually seated with one leg tucked beneath her hips as she faces the viewer and holds drapery in her extended hands. The same posture and gestures of display are also seen in other drawings by Lachaise of both women and men, such as the--probably contemporaneous--Seated Male Nude, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, object number x1984-110, to which the present drawing very closely compares. Such supremely confident figures represent Lachaise’s profound vision of healthy human self-expression. Seated Nude with Draperyis evidently one of the six drawings purchased by Edward M.M. Warburg (1908-1992) from Lachaise in March 1933, or one of the four, in July 1934, as well as one of the ten drawings lent by Warburg to Lachaise’s retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1935. We are grateful to Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation, for preparing the catalogue entry for this work. Please note the additional provenance and exhibition history. Framed 37 x 31 1/4 inches Taped to mat at top verso corners. Paper lightly toned. Some mat stain along edges. A few very small spots of surface staining. Tiny notch to paper at upper left. Several faint horizontal creases.
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program Gaston Lachaise 1882 - 1935 Head signed G. Lachaise (lower right) pencil on paper 19 by 12 ⅛ in. 48.3 by 30.8 cm. Executed by 1934
Gaston LaChaise New York, Massachusetts / France, (1882 - 1935) untitled female nude graphite on paper, ca. 1932-34 signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family. In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10 years older than he, became the passion of his art and life. He then established a studio in New York where he repeatedly sculpted the figure of Isabel. His major artistic influence was Paul Manship, whom he served in New York as a studio assistant. Lachaise was financially successful, but his wife lived lavishly making them poor and recipients of charity. Lachaise also spent many of his summer months in Maine, especially in Georgetown, and he was a member of the Woodstock, New York Art Association. Among his public commissions were reliefs in New York City for the American Telephone and Telegraph Building in 1921 and the Rockefeller Center International Building in 1934. The Lachaise Foundation, a charitable trust based in Boston "sponsors a traveling exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Lachaise; oversees the production of a limited number of casts made from plasters by Lachaise to expand and strengthen his connection with the public, through loans, gifts and sales; and maintains an archive of books, magazines and other publications concerning Lachaise, his works and career." (Lachaise Foundation Mission Statement) Sources: Matthew Baigell, Dictionary of American Art Lachaise Foundation website
Gaston Lachaise Untitled c. 1929 graphite on paper 9.5 h x 7 w in (24 x 18 cm) Signed to lower left 'G. Lachaise'. This work has been reviewed by Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonne sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation. Provenance: Private Collection | Thence by descent This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935), Three Drawings: Woman Ascending Stairs, Woman and Woman with Veil 1) Woman Ascending Stairs Inscribed with Lachaise Foundation identification number JBP 265 verso, purple and green crayon on thin tan laid paper. Executed c. 1920. 11 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (28.9 x 14.6cm) Provenance The Estate of The Artist. Lachaise Foundation (acquired directly from the above in 1963). Conner Rosenkranz, New York (acquired directly from the above April 11, 2016). Private Collection, New York. Exhibition "Exuberance on Paper: The Drawings of Gaston Lachaise," New York Studio School, New York, March 21-April 24, 2016, exh. cat., cat. no. 12, p. 12 (illus.). 2) Woman Inscribed with Lachaise Foundation identification number JBP 268 verso, red crayon on thin tan laid paper. Executed c. 1920. 11 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (28.9 x 14.6cm) Provenance The Estate of The Artist. Lachaise Foundation (acquired directly from the above in 1963). Conner Rosenkranz, New York (acquired directly from the above April 11, 2016). Private Collection, New York. Exhibition "Exuberance on Paper: The Drawings of Gaston Lachaise," New York Studio School, New York, March 21-April 24, 2016, exh. cat., cat. no. 36, pp. 10, 25 (illus.). 3) Woman with Veil Inscribed with Lachaise Foundation identification number JBP 263 verso, orange and green crayon on thin cream laid paper. Executed c. 1920. 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (24.1 x 18.1cm) Provenance The Estate of The Artist. Lachaise Foundation (acquired directly from the above in 1963). Conner Rosenkranz, New York (acquired directly from the above April 11, 2016). Private Collection, New York. Exhibition "Exuberance on Paper: The Drawings of Gaston Lachaise," New York Studio School, New York, March 21-April 24, 2016, exh. cat., cat. no. 37, pp. 27 (illus.). Lot Essay Lachaise’s ideal of “Woman,” as a vital embodiment of fundamental force, was his preferred theme in both sculptures and drawings from about 1910 onward, and he continually explored the means to express this ideal in his art throughout that entire span of his career. The three delightful drawings in the present group exemplify his repeated efforts in the years around 1920 to describe the female figure by means of simplified, even geometrical forms--an endeavor that helped to define him as a proponent of the “later tendencies in art” in America at that time- while communicating, through the sheer power of his confident, fluent lines, what he viewed as the potent and healthy sexuality of his subjects. The first of the three drawings, of a nude woman seen from the back as she is ascending stairs, compares to a drawing owned by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum; seen together, they demonstrate Lachaise’s typical practice of exploring close variations on a favorite pose. Both of them, as well as the lovely, sinuous second drawing in the present group, were carried out on similar sheets with holes for string that had once bound them into one of the tablets he had acquired in New York’s Chinatown. A variation on the third drawing is owned by the National Gallery of Prague, in which the composition is almost identical, except in reverse. - Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation
Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882-1935), Torso Modeled c. 1928-31, cast in 1947/1948. Bronze with black patina on black Belgian marble base. height: 8 1/4 in. (21cm) width: 8 1/4 in. (21cm) depth: 4 1/4 in. (10.8cm) (dimensions do not include base) Note: The Lachaise Foundation has assigned the identification number LF 79 to this work. Provenance M. Knoedler & Co, New York, New York. Rex Ingram, North Hollywood, California (acquired directly from the above April 1948). Oscar Meyer Antiques, Los Angeles, California. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, March 21, 1962, lot 40. Robert Q. Lewis, New York, New York and Los Angeles, California. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, November 19, 1964, lot 40. Allan Stone Collection, New York. Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the above). Exhibition "Gaston Lachaise, 1882–1935: Sculpture and Drawings, 1963–64," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, exh. cat., no. 79 (illus.). The Armory Show, Allan Stone Galleries booth, New York, New York, March 4-7, 2010. Literature Donald Bannard Goodall, “Gaston Lachaise, Sculptor,” 2 vols., Ph. D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1969, vol. 2, p. 445. Virginia Budny, in Gaston Lachaise: For the Love of Woman, exh. cat., New York: Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, 2016, no. 13, pp. 8, 9-10, 13n.27, 36-37, 40, fig. 13 (illus.). Lot Essay Gaston Lachaise’s extraordinary Torso [LF 79], which represents a partial figure of an opulent female nude, has often been compared to prehistoric statuettes of corpulent women generally viewed as “fertility figures.” Although Lachaise himself flatly denied any dependence on these images, he did seek to convey in his own art the sense of a powerful, elemental force that he perceived in them. He justifiably considering this force to be essential to the survival of the human race, and thus an eminently suitable subject for his art. Lachaise’s Torso [LF 79] was never exhibited during his lifetime, as its overt sexuality was thought to be too shocking for the general public. When it was first exhibited at M. Knoedler and Company, New York, in January-February 1947--as one of the most challenging pieces in the show--an example was immediately sold. Eventually this work, as well as others that emerged after his death, helped secure his reputation as one of the most innovative and daring American sculptors of the early 20th Century. Lachaise’s typical practice in creating a sculpture like Torso was to begin with comparatively naturalistic forms and then amplify them. In the case of this particular work, he began with the plaster model of a stylized statuette of an elegant, “dancing” nude woman that he had created in 1919, then both eliminated parts of the model and added a pliable material to the resulting fragment (see Virginia Budny, “Provocative Extremes: Gaston Lachaise’s Women,” Sculpture Review, vol. 14, no. 2 (Summer 2014), pp. p. 12, 19, 19n.9). By enlarging and reshaping select parts of the anatomy in this way, he made the swaying woman’s body seem to be impelled by a supercharged, activated impulse and to take on a heightened, iconic significance. The new work is now generally dated 1928, and, although there is no evidence for that precise date, it was demonstrably not begun before June 1928. According to Lachaise’s widow (who is not always accurate), it was created in 1928-1931- during a period when his style was becoming increasingly bold. Although the present cast is reported to have previously been owned by Farouk I (king of Egypt from 1936 to 1952), and hence the occasional designation “Farouk Torso” for the sculpture, that account is likely apocryphal. It doubtless is the bronze made by the Gargani Foundry, New York, that was sold by Knoedler in April 1948 to the pioneering film director Rex Ingram, who is perhaps best known for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). Ingram purchased his bronze upon his return from a trip to Cairo, Egypt, on his way to his home in North Hollywood, California. He died, aged 58, in 1950, leaving his entire estate to his widow, the silent screen actress Alice Terry (1899-1987). His bronze must be the one put up for sale by a Los Angeles dealer in 1962, when it was linked to Egypt’s sybaritic ex-ruler- presumably on the basis of Ingram’s adventuresome travels. When the so-called Farouk cast was exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1963, it was dated 1947 (although not verified, that date is likely correct). That the present cast is the one included in the show, is evidenced by the fragmentary exhibition label formerly attached to its marble base. In addition to Ingram’s bronze, three casts of Torso were sold by Knoedler between 1947 and 1951, the first in January 1947 to William Ward (c. 1908-1977), a prominent New York fashion photographer. Ward’s cast, which is untraced, appears to have been produced during Lachaise’s lifetime. Another cast, produced by Roman Bronze Works, New York, in 1950, was made for a sale to Wright Ludington (1900-1992); it was later bequeathed by Ludington to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (which he co-founded). The last of these, also made by Roman Bronze Works, went in 1951 to the stylish heiress Millicent Rogers (1902-1953); hers was sold at auction in 1955. It appears to be the one acquired by Lois Orswell (1904-1998) by 1956, and eventually donated by her to the Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum. (Orswell’s cast was said in 1956 to have been produced in 1947; that casting date has not been verified.) Like the present cast, the Harvard and Santa Barbara casts have a black patina, hence the occasional name “Black Torso,” and all lack an inscribed signature, date, and foundry mark. A “Black Torso” said to have been cast in 1957 for the artist’s widow, and sold in Philadelphia in the following year, lacks further documentation. From approximately 1965 to 1989, an edition of eight numbered Estate casts was issued by the Lachaise Foundation. One of those casts (4/8) belongs to the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington. The Lachaise Foundation owns the plaster model, assigned the identifying number LF 79 to the work, and intends to make an artist’s proof. - Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation
(French, 1882-1935). Woman modeled in primitive manner, kneeling on tree stump, 1/10, impressed "Lachaise Estate," 15 in. H., mounted on marble plinth.
GASTON LACHAISE Group of four drawings of nudes. Three pencil on cream wove paper, one color crayons on paper. Each signed in pencil, lower edge recto. Various sizes and conditions. Provenance (all): Private collection, New York.
GASTON LACHAISE Standing Nude. Pencil on cream wove paper, double-sided. 455x295 mm; 17 3/4x11 1/2 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right recto, and signed and dedicated in pencil, verso. Provenance: Private collection, New York.
GASTON LACHAISE Seated Nude Facing Right, with Arms Raised. Pencil on thin laid paper. 240x185 mm; 9 1/2x7 1/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left recto. Provenance: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, with the label; Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, with the label; private collection, New York.
Painting Pencil Drawing on Paper by Gaston Lachaise, French (1882-1935) w/ Certificate of Authenticity From the Lachaise Foundation Attached. Signed Lower Right. Condition: Appears to be in Very Good Condition. Dimensions: Sight- 6.75" x 10", Frame- 13" x 16.5". Provenance: From a New Jersey Collector. Please note the absence of a Condition Report does not imply that there are no condition issues with this lot. Please contact us for a detailed Condition Report. It is the Buyer's responsibility to inspect each lot and deem their own opinions on Condition, Description, Provenance, and Validity before purchasing. Please make an appointment to preview or ask for Condition Reports. Condition Reports are rendered as an opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. REMEMBER ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS-IS, WHERE IS.
Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935) Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126] stamped with Modern Art Foundry N.Y. conjoined foundry mark 'MA' and inscribed 'CAST. 92.' (on the base) and stamped 'LACHAISE / ESTATE' and numbered 11/11 (on the base) bronze with brown patina 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high Modeled in 1928-32; Cast in 1992.
Lot 85 Gaston Lachaise French (1882-1935) Male Nude (1969) graphite on paper signed lower right sight: 23 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches frame dimensions: 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 3/4 inches,wood frame with glazing Additional Information: reoffer due to nonpaying bidder Provenance: Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein Christie's, New York, 15 November 1993, lot 216
Pencil on paper, 1933, signed 'G. Lachaise', dated and inscribed 'to EE Cummings From' lower right, with label from Acquavella Modern Art, Reno, NV. 17 x 11 in. (sheet), 24 x 17 3/4 in. (frame). Provenance: Pierre Matisse; Pierre-Noel Matisse; Jacquelyn Miller Matisse.
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![Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Standing Woman [LF 136]](https://stageimg.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Hindman/11/780711/H0587-L386552851.jpg)
![Gaston Lachaise (American/French, 1882–1935) Dans La Nuit (Lovers) [LF 108]](https://stageimg.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Hindman/11/780711/H0587-L386552378.jpg)
![Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935). Turkey [LF 146], hood ornament, one of three examples. Bronze, mounted on black Belgian marble base. Inscribed on reverse: G. LACHAISE © 1924. Turkey 4.25in high x 3 7/8in x 3 1/8in. Overa...](https://stageimg.invaluable.com/housePhotos/tremontauctions/06/769206/H19840-L370011436.JPG)
![GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935) Sea Lion (Seal) [LF 16/LF 222] bronze with dark](https://stageimg.invaluable.com/housePhotos/christies/18/768318/H0027-L367975673.jpg)
![Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935) Woman (Striding Woman) [LF 126] 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high (Modeled in 1928-32; Cast in 1992.)](https://stageimg.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Bonhams/86/746886/H22141-L330137027.jpg)
