Plate with Profile Head

Gaston Lachaise, 1899

MEDIUMPlaster, painted

DIMENSIONS12 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (31.8 x 34.3 x 4.1 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gaston Lachaise

Gaston Lachaise redefined the female nude in early 20th-century America, creating robust, voluptuous forms inspired by his beloved wife, Isabel.