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Floating Figure is a 1927 sculpture by Gaston Lachaise. [1] [2] [3] Gaston Lachaise’s Floating Figure is a modernist allegorical statue of the artist’s muse as an enlightened, ‘floating’ nude woman. [4]
Courtesy Lachaise Foundation. Painting and Sculpture Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of MoMA
Gaston Lachaise introduced a certain vitality and sensuality in American sculpture through the celebration of the female form. The exaggerated physical features of some of his works reflect a marked influence of prehistoric art. The original Floating Woman was modeled in 1927, cast 1934-35, and installed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York ...
More than 40 works are on view in an exhibition of figures, busts, bas-reliefs and drawings by the 20th-century sculptor and portraitist Gaston Lachaise.
Gaston Lachaise (March 19, 1882 – October 18, 1935) was a French-born sculptor, active in America in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he is most noted for his robust female nudes such as his heroic Standing Woman.
Gaston Lachaise's reclining female nude figure appears floating on the water, although she is actually supported beneath by two thin poles. The head and torso are erect, with the arms held outstretched, hands open, as in the encompassing prayer position, known as the 'Orrans' position.
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