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The Mountain

1924
Not on view
Between 1913 and 1934–35 Lachaise made four variants on the theme of The Mountain—executed in different materials (black sandstone, fieldstone, bronze, and cast concrete) and vastly different sizes (from table top to overlifesize). In all of them, Lachaise emphasized the correspondence between the rotund figure of a reclining woman and the "fertile rolling pastures, broad and soft as fecund breasts" found in the natural landscape.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Mountain
  • Artist: Gaston Lachaise (American (born France) Paris 1882–1935 New York)
  • Date: 1924
  • Medium: Bronze, with artist-designed glass plinth
  • Dimensions: 49.70.224a, b: 8 5/8 × 19 1/2 × 9 15/16 in., 32 lb. (21.9 × 49.5 × 25.2 cm, 14.5 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.70.224a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Standing Woman, Facing Right, Gaston Lachaise American, Crayon on paper
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Woman on a Cliff, Gaston Lachaise American, Watercolor on paper
Woman on a Cliff
Gaston Lachaise
ca. 1906
Seated Woman With Arms Raised, Gaston Lachaise American, Gray crayon on paper
Seated Woman With Arms Raised
Gaston Lachaise
1924
Head of a Woman, Gaston Lachaise American, Crayon on paper
Head of a Woman
Gaston Lachaise
ca. 1920
Two Women, Gaston Lachaise American, Watercolor on paper
Two Women
Gaston Lachaise
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