Artist Monograph

Gaston Lachaise, American

American, born France. 1882–1935

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	13	56.5%
Sculpture	8	34.8%
Other Media	2	8.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	14	60.9%
Painting & Sculpture	9	39.1%

Production by Decade

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	13.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	81.8%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.5%

Range: 7.0 cm → 243.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	1
1935	7
1937	1
1939	3
1940	1
1941	3
1948	1
1950	1
1965	2
1966	2
1973	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 23 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Two Figures Drawing Acc. 681.1965	1906-10	Ink on paper	9 3/4 x 7 7/8" (24.8 x 20.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg (by exchange)
Two Figures in a Landscape Drawing Acc. 682.1965	c. 1908	Ink on gray paper	10 x 7" (25.2 x 17.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg (by exchange)
Woman Walking Sculpture Acc. 635.1939	1919 (cast 1924)	Bronze	18 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 7" (47 x 27.3 x 17.7 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Woman's Head Drawing Acc. 184.1940	c. 1920	Chalk on paper	18 x 13 3/8" (45.7 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Head of a Woman (Egyptian Head) Sculpture Acc. 606.1939	1922	Bronze	20 x 9 3/4 x 9 1/8" (50.8 x 24.7 x 23.1 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Floating Figure Sculpture Acc. 3.1937	1927 (cast 1935)	Bronze	51 3/4" x 8' x 22" (131.4 x 243.9 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 381.02 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously in memory of the artist
Dancer Sculpture Acc. 605.1939	1928	Bronze	10 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 3 1/2" (27.3 x 22.1 x 9 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Henry McBride Sculpture Acc. 246.1966	1928	Bronze	13 5/8 x 10 1/8 x 11 1/8" (34.5 x 25.6 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 14.06 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Maximilian H. Miltzlaff
John Marin Sculpture Acc. 154.1934	1928 (cast 1930)	Bronze	14 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 9 1/2" (36.9 x 24.5 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 9.98 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Man Standing Drawing Acc. 9.1935	c. 1928–29	Pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Seated Woman Drawing Acc. 12.1935	c. 1929-31	Pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Standing Woman with Drapery Drawing Acc. 419.1941	c. 1929–31	Pencil on paper	18 x 12" (45.6 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Seated Woman with Drapery Drawing Acc. 16.1935	c. 1930–31	Pencil on paper	24 1/8 × 19" (61.3 × 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Standing Woman Sculpture Acc. 251.1948	1932	Bronze	7' 4" x 41 1/8" x 19 1/8" (223.6 x 104.3 x 48.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Dancer Drawing Acc. 369.1966	1933-35	Pencil and ink on paper	24 1/4 x 19 1/8" (61.5 x 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Dynamo Mother Sculpture Acc. 406.1941	1933	Bronze	11 1/8 x 17 3/4 x 7 1/2" (28.3 x 45.1 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Edward M. M. Warburg Sculpture Acc. 239.1950	1933	Plaster	18 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 9 7/8" (46.4 x 20.9 x 25 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Seated Woman, Leg Raised Drawing Acc. 15.1935	c. 1933-35	Pencil on paper	24 1/8 x 19" (61.3 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Seated Woman, with Drapery, Leg Raised Drawing Acc. 427.1941	c. 1933-1935	Pencil on paper	24 1/8 x 19" (61.3 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Standing Woman, Back Drawing Acc. 13.1935	c. 1933–35	Pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Standing Woman, Profile Drawing Acc. 7.1935	c. 1933-35	Pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Walking Woman, Profile Drawing Acc. 11.1935	c. 1933-35	Ink and pencil on paper	24 1/8 x 19" (61.3 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg
Project for an Overmantle Drawing Acc. 616.1973	1934-35	Ink and pencil on paper	14 1/2 x 19 3/4" (36.8 x 50.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller