500 Gallery
Live Auction

Painting & Drawing Summer Sale

Wed, Jun 8, 2022 05:30PM EDT
Lot 39

Gaston Lachaise, Manner of: Sitting Nude

Estimate: $750 - $2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $500,000
Gaston Lachaise (French, 1882-1935) Manner of: Sitting Nude, 1929. Pencil on paper, signed and dated upper left.
Gaston Lachaise signature work was sculpted, larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains.

11 x 7.75 inches.

Private sale, Maine (Book, Print, and Paper Show) 1980; Private collection, Philadelphia, PA; acquired from above by a Gentleman from California.

Condition

Very good condition, with light toning.