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| Gaston Lachaise 1882 - 1935 |
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Louise Bourgeois, Jean Clair, Paula R. Hornbostel, Hilton Kramer
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| ISBN13: 9781588211576 |
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The Lachaise Foundation/Gallimard |
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| PAGES: 200 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS: 94 col., 37 b&w |
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- The catalogue of an exhibition that toured Europe and the U.S. from 2003 - 2007 organized by The Lachaise Foundation, Boston, MA, which serves to perpetuate and preserve the legacy of Gaston Lachaise for the public benefit. The exhibition visited the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and the National Gallery in Prague, as well as La Piscine in 2003 and Musee Zadkine in 2004. In the U.S., it was at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and Dallas' Nasher Sculpture Center
- A fantastically illustrated book on Gaston Lachaise, one of the leading lights of modern sculpture in his time
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Born in France, Gaston Lachaise studied sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and began his artistic career as a designer of Art Nouveau decorative objects for the French jeweler René Lalique. He moved to the United States in 1906 and worked in Boston for H.H. Kitson, an academic sculptor of military monuments, then to New York in 1912, where he became the assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship. Like Manship, his work may be seen at the Rockefeller Center.
Lachaise married American Isabel Dutaud Nagle in 1917. She was the inspiration as a muse/model/wife for his sculptures, often monumental, which quickly placed him at the forefront of modern sculpture. He became most famous for his female nudes, which have been compared to those of Renoir. This catalog includes essays, photographs and letters by Lachaise depicting Isabel, her body and being, the impetus of his most powerful work. |
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Louise Bourgeous is a French-born American Abstract Expressionist Sculptor.
Jean Clair is the former Director of the Musee Picasso, Paris.
Paula R. Hornbostel is an art historian and Trustee of the Lachaise Foundation.
Hilton Kramer is a well-known writer and art critic.
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