Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise

Start date: Saturday, November 17, 2007
Event is ongoing: Until Sunday, February 17, 2008

Featuring over 40 sculptures, including 8 monumental works, drawn from the collection of the Lachaise Foundation, Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise presents the full scope of the artist’s sculptural production and highlights his idealized vision of the female form. Transcendent, beatific, and powerful, the female figures in Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise reflect his admiration for Ancient Egyptian, Hindu, and Pre-Columbian sculptures of female deities. They also evince a reverence for the modern American woman, and one in particular: Isabel Nagel Lachaise, the love who served as his single guiding inspiration throughout his career. Writing of his work and her tremendous influence, Lachaise recounted ”At twenty in Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that has directed my forces. Throughout my career, as an artist, I refer to this person by the word ‘Woman.’”

Information from the center's site