Mar 6, 2024 10:00 EST
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Gaston Lachaise
American, 1882-1935
Nude with Drapery, circa 1929
Signed C Lachaise (lr)
Pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Provenance:
Sale, Swann Galleries, June 14, 2012, lot 31
The present drawing by Gaston Lachaise belongs to his series on female nudes carried out on similarly sized, very thin cream laid paper, and in which the women’s figures are described by rhythmical, inflected lines that both nearly fill the sheets and simultaneously read as flat patterns and three-dimensional shapes. Other examples include Female Nude, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, object number 1995.162. The pronounced emphasis on the nudes’ sexual characteristics signifies their function as symbols of Lachaise’s perennial theme: fundamental force.
We are grateful to Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation, for preparing the catalogue entry for this work.
Framed 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
American, 1882-1935
Nude with Drapery, circa 1929
Signed C Lachaise (lr)
Pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Provenance:
Sale, Swann Galleries, June 14, 2012, lot 31
The present drawing by Gaston Lachaise belongs to his series on female nudes carried out on similarly sized, very thin cream laid paper, and in which the women’s figures are described by rhythmical, inflected lines that both nearly fill the sheets and simultaneously read as flat patterns and three-dimensional shapes. Other examples include Female Nude, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, object number 1995.162. The pronounced emphasis on the nudes’ sexual characteristics signifies their function as symbols of Lachaise’s perennial theme: fundamental force.
We are grateful to Virginia Budny, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné sponsored by the Lachaise Foundation, for preparing the catalogue entry for this work.
Framed 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Paper is toned. Some ripple to paper near edges and creases in the corners. A few small spots of staining.
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Auction: Doyle+Design, Mar 6, 2024
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Popular Doyle+Design Auction on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 10am
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Showcasing Modern & Contemporary Furniture, Art & Design
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category on March 6, 2024. This highly-anticipated sale showcased a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, art and design by prominent designers, artists and makers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Highlighting the sale was Triumphant, a 2022 acrylic on canvas by the LA artist Defer that achieved $76,700, more than doubling its $20,000-30,000 estimate. A pioneer among LA graffiti writers, Defer (aka Alex Kizu, b. 1975) has played an influential role in the LA street art scene since the mid-1980s. His hand-style blends typography with cultural motifs and intricate patterns, and his work has been featured in the graffiti anthologies Graffiti LA by Steve Grody (Abrams: 2007) and The History of American Graffiti by Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon (Harper Design: 2011).
Furniture and Design offerings included a 1950s T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb Model 1711 sofa consigned by a Boca Raton, Florida Private Collector. Bidding on the sofa sent the price past its $4,000-6,000 to realize $12,160. A bamboo, rice paper and cotton “Uchiwa” (paper fan) pendant light fixture designed by Ingo Maurer in 1973 soared over its $2,000-4,000 to reach $12,800.
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