Nude with Robe

c. 1931/1935

Gaston Lachaise

Associated Names
Gaston Lachaise

Artist, French, 1882 - 1935

The image depicts a full-body line drawing of a standing person. The person is shown standing upright with a hand raised near their head. The person's facial features are minimalistic and their hair has a flower-like adornment. They are nude, with flowing lines suggesting draped cloth around their back and one shoulder. The background is plain.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York); (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • 100 American Drawings and Watercolors from 200 Years, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1976, no. 64

1977

  • Drawings by Sculptors, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977-1978

1979

  • Recent Acquisitions: Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1980

  • The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 34

1982

  • Modernist Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 22

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 69-71, no. 41, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 176, no. 1196.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: G Lachaise; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: No. 9; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11821D / C.

Wikidata ID

Q64571029

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