Back of a Nude Woman

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Caption
Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882–1935). Back of a Nude Woman, 1929. Black ink on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, Sheet: 17 7/8 x 12 in. (45.4 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 38.183. © Courtesy of the Lachaise Foundation. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Back of a Nude Woman
Date
1929
Medium
Black ink on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 7/8 x 12 in. (45.4 x 30.5 cm)
Signatures
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "To Carl Zigrosser / G. Lachaise / 1929"
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Zigrosser
Accession Number
38.183
Rights
© Courtesy of the Lachaise Foundation
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This is my favorite sculpture of all time. Does the museum have more sculptures from this artist?
That is a very popular sculpture among visitors! There are no other sculptures by Gaston Lachaise in the museum's collection, but there is a drawing, which currently is not on view.
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