Plate with Profile Head — Gaston Lachaise

DETAILS

Artist: Gaston Lachaise
Date: 1899
Medium: Plaster, painted
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (31.8 x 34.3 x 4.1 cm)
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line: Bequest of Allys Lachaise, 1967

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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.

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