Lot Details
Lot 2501
Gaston Lachaise
1882-1935
Torso
Signed G. LACHAISE
Bronze with brown patina, a posthumous cast
9 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
A lifetime cast of this voluptuous nude torso by Gaston Lachaise is known to have been made by early 1928. The present example is very closely comparable to the posthumous cast owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Torso, 1928, bronze, Gift of Carl D. Lobell, 1998, acc. 1998.280.1, rep. Tolles, Thayer, ed. American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. Vol. 2 cat. no. 322, p. 686).
Estate of Theodore and Dede Edlich
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Sold for $8,750 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Good condition.
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