Woman (Elevation)
Modeled 1912–15, cast 1927
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
With base: 182.9 × 71.1 × 43.2 cm (72 1/16 × 28 × 17 1/16 in.)
Classification
bronze
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
58839
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Born in France, Gaston Lachaise immigrated to the United States when he was 24 years old. He modeled Woman (Elevation) after Isabel Dutaud Nagle, whom he married in 1917, telling her, “I want to create a miracle with it… as great as you.” Although it definitely evokes his subject’s appearance, this sculpture represents Lachaise’s first full-scale expression of the idealized female form that would come to dominate his art. The figure’s long legs support a voluptuous torso that recalls ancient fer...