File:Head of a Woman MET XX33839.jpg

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Gaston Lachaise: Head of a Woman  wikidata:Q20198773 reasonator:Q20198773
Artist
Gaston Lachaise  (1882–1935)  wikidata:Q1495586
 
Gaston Lachaise
Alternative names
Gaston lachaise
Description American-French sculptor and drawer
Date of birth/death 19 March 1882 Edit this at Wikidata 18 October 1935 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Boston (1906) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1495586
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Title
Head of a Woman
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Sculpture; Sculpture
Date 1918; cast 1923 or after
Medium Bronze, painted
Dimensions 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (26.7 x 19.1 x 23.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Modern and Contemporary Art
Accession number
1998.280.2
Credit line Gift of Carl D. Lobell, 1998
References The Met object ID: 487045 Edit this at Wikidata
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/487045

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The model for this severe, archaizing bronze Head of Woman was made by Gaston Lachaise in 1917/1922 from a marble sculpture inspired by his wife and carved in 1917 (MFA, Boston, 68.789). This cast (MET, 1998.280.2) was probably made in the 1970s.

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