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Tue, Apr 21, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-04-21 11:00:00 2026-04-21 11:00:00 America/New_York Sheafer + King Modern Sheafer + King Modern : Spring Art & Design Auction https://auctions.sheaferking.com/auctions/sheafer-king-modern/spring-art-design-auction-22327
Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present our Spring Art + Design auction. The auction features paintings by important Indiana artists Will Henry Stevens, Eugene Savage, and Bruce McKain as well as works by Charles Cajori, Gaston Lachaise, and Tod Lindenmuth. Design objects include rare F.A. Porsche Artemide pendant lights & a Martz table. The auction also includes Asian ceramics, carvings, art glass, etc.
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Lot 6

Gaston Lachaise 1930s Drawing of a Nude Figure

Estimate: $800 - $2,000
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$400

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1930s drawing on paper of an abstract nude female figure by Gaston Lachaise (French-American; 1882-1935). Signed lower right.

 

Measurements: 12.75" W x 15.75" H x 1.25" D (frame); 6.5" W x 9.5" H (sheet).

 

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From AskArt:

Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family.



In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10 years older than he, became the passion of his art and life. He then established a studio in New York where he repeatedly sculpted the figure of Isabel. His major artistic influence was Paul Manship, whom he served in New York as a studio assistant. Lachaise was financially successful, but his wife lived lavishly making them poor and recipients of charity.

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