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Head of Woman
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About this work
Gaston Lachaise acknowledged that his wife, Isabel Dutaud Nagel Lachaise, was "the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that has directed my forces." Head of a Woman is one of several sculpted portraits he made of her.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHead of Woman, 1920. Gaston Lachaise (American, born France, 1882–1935). Pink Tennessee marble and black pigment; overall: 64.2 x 54 x 40 cm (25 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1924.1425