Collections: American Art: Standing Woman

15:13 08/06/2008

This is one of my favorite sculptures of female figures. I like its stylization. She's a strong and powerful woman who doesn't appear to be erotic at all.

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Standing Woman

Gaston Lachaise's Canadian-American wife, Isabel Dutaud Nagle, was his muse and the model for many works, including this imposing statue. They met when the sculptor was only twenty

• Artist: Gaston Lachaise, American, born France, 1882-1935
• Medium: Bronze
• Dates: 1955-1956
• Dimensions: 88 1/2 x 44 3/8 x 24 11/16 in. (224.8 x 112.7 x 62.7 cm)
• Markings: Foundry mark stamped on back edge of base: "MODERN ART FDRY. NY."
• Signature: Incised on base behind proper left foot: "G. LACHAISE"
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 56.69
• Credit Line: Frank Sherman Benson Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Alfred T. White Fund and the Museum Collection Fund
• Image: Overall, 56.69_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882-1935). Standing Woman, 1955-1956. Bronze, 88 1/2 x 44 3/8 x 24 11/16 in. (224.8 x 112.7 x 62.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Alfred T. White Fund and the Museum Collection Fund, 56.69 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.69_acetate_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Over life-size statue of standing nude woman with exaggerated, bulbous forms and relatively small head; simplified facial features; hands on hips; contrapposto stance on rectangular base Condition: Good