Gaston Lachaise, Garden Figure (second state) [LF 137]

incised with the artist’s name “© G. LACHAISE” and the Estate stamp and number “LACHAISE ESTATE 1/8" on the lower left edge of the cast base; stamped with the Modern Art Foundry insignia "MODERN ART FOUNDRY NEW YORK N.Y." on the rear edge of the cast base
bronze with brown patina, on stone base
sculpture 77 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (196.9 x 80 x 59.7 cm)
stone base 7 7/8 x 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (20 x 80 x 59.7 cm)
Conceived in 1935 and cast in 1973 by Modern Art Foundry, this work is number 1 from an edition of 8 of which only 2 were produced.

We are grateful to Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation, for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for this work.

Provenance

The Lachaise Foundation, Boston
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1973)
Private Collection, Long Island (acquired from the above in 1984)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, Gaston Lachaise, October 20–December 6, 1973
Roslyn, The Nassau County Museum of Art, Monuments and Monoliths: A Metamorphosis, September 24–December 3, 1978, p. 7 (illustrated)
New York, Cheim & Read, Art Dealers Association of America: The Art Show, Gaston Lachaise and Louise Bourgeois: A Juxtaposition, March 5–9, 2014, n.p. (illustrated frontispiece and n.p.; titled Standing Woman)
New York, Christie's, Rockefeller Center and the Rise of Modernism in the Metropolis, January 17–February 25, 2015

Literature

James R. Mellow, “Lachaise Nude Sculptures Displayed," The New York Times, October 27, 1973, p. 27
Gerald Nordland, Gaston Lachaise: The Man and His Work, New York, 1974, p. 161
Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture, exh. cat., Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, 1991, no. 35, pp. 78–79, 84 (another example illustrated, pp. 78-79; titled Standing Woman)
Louise Bourgeois, “Obsession,” Artforum, vol. 30, no. 8, April 1992, p. 87 (another example illustrated; titled Standing Woman)
Gaston Lachaise Sculptures, exh. cat., Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, 1992, pp. 25, 60 (another example illustrated, p. 25; titled Standing Woman)
Sam Hunter, Lachaise, New York, 1993, pp. 214–219, 245 (another example illustrated, pp. 214-219; titled Standing Woman)
Gaston Lachaise: The Monumental Sculpture, exh. cat., Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1994, n.p. (another example illustrated; titled Standing Woman)
Linda Muehlig, ed., Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art, New York, 1999, fig. 48, pp. 48, 170, 257, note 10 (plaster model illustrated, p. 170)
Gaston Lachaise, exh. cat., La Piscine - Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, 2003, fig. 96, no. 79, pp. 132, 195 (another example illustrated, p. 132; titled Femme debout (Standing Woman))
Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art, New Haven, 2011, p. 112, note 1