Garden Figure
Gaston Lachaise, French, 1882 - 1935
1935
Cast cement (from plaster mold)
Overall: 82 in. (208.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Class of 1930
S.970.48
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, left back side of pedestal: c / '35 / Lachaise
Exhibition History
Ground Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990-1994.
Main Lobby, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1971-1972.
Provenance
Commissioned by Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979, Class of 1930) for the garden of his estate Kykuit, Pocantico Hils, New York, April 1935; in the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1935-1970; given to present collection, 1970.
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