Gaston Lachaise

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Alt text: metal sculpture of a sleeping bird
Alt text: metal sculpture of a sleeping bird
Alt text: metal sculpture of a sleeping bird
Alt text: metal sculpture of a sleeping bird

Gaston Lachaise (American, 1882-1935)
Sleeping Gull
Modeled 1920-24, cast 2022
Nickel-plated bronze, 5 x 12 inches
On a single-tiered glass base
Signed “G. Lachaise c. 1927” under tail feather
Inscribed LACHAISE ESTATE 3/12 MA [Modern Art Foundry] 16.
Cast at the Modern Art Foundry, Queens, NY;
Plated at Empire Metal Finishing, Queens, NY.

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Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a group of dolphins
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a group of dolphins
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a group of dolphins
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a group of dolphins
Alt text: Bronze sculpture of a group of dolphins
Alt text: Bronze sculpture, signature detail

Gaston Lachaise (American, 1882-1935)
Leaping Dolphins, 1917
Bronze with brown patina on original glass base
9 ⅝ H. x 10 ½ W. x 7 ⅝ D. inches
Base: 1 inch, overall height 10 ⅝ inches
Inscribed (along the base): G. LACHAISE © 1922
1917; cast between 1922 and 1924