Head of Woman

About the Artwork

Gaston Lachaise acknowledged that his wife, Isabel Dutaud Nagel Lachaise, was "the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that has directed my forces." Head of a Woman is one of several sculpted portraits he made of her.

Inscriptions

Signed on base: G. LACHAISE 1923

Provenance

C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, NY

Exhibition history

Sculpture of Our Time. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 5, 1937). Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (organizer) (January 21-March 4, 1979). The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).

Quick Overview

Artist: Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882–1935)
Date: 1920
Medium: pink Tennessee marble and black pigment
Dimensions: Overall: 64.2 x 54 x 40 cm (25 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: American Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Accession no.: 1924.1425

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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.