id: 123238 accession number: 1943.49 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.49 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:56.396000 Two Dancing Children, 1923. Gaston Lachaise (American, 1882–1935). Wood with traces of gilt and polychrome; overall: 37.5 x 38.2 cm (14 3/4 x 15 1/16 in.); without base: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1943.49 title: Two Dancing Children title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1923 creation date earliest: 1923 creation date latest: 1923 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Ralph King copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: wood with traces of gilt and polychrome department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gaston Lachaise (American, 1882–1935) - sculptor --- measurements: Overall: 37.5 x 38.2 cm (14 3/4 x 15 1/16 in.); without base: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed on right end of base: G. LACHAISE 1923 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone opening date: 1949-01-15T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Of Wood and Stone. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-June 2, 1949). title: Maurice Prendergast: 1859-1924 opening date: 1960-10-26T04:00:00 Maurice Prendergast: 1859-1924. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 21-July 30, 1961). title: Gaston Lachaise opening date: 1963-12-03T05:00:00 Gaston Lachaise. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (December 3, 1963-January 19, 1964); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (February 18-April 5, 1964). title: Art Deco opening date: 1971-06-06T04:00:00 Art Deco. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 1, 1971). title: Art Deco opening date: 1973-12-02T05:00:00 Art Deco. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1973-January 27, 1974). title: Circa 1930 opening date: 1983-04-12T05:00:00 Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983). title: The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930 opening date: 1986-08-12T04:00:00 The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 37th Annual American Exhibition of 1924, October 30-December 14, 1924, cat. no. 271, as "The Musicians".', 'opening_date': '1924-10-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Half Century of American Art, November 16, 1939-January 7, 1940, cat. no. 206, pl. LXVI.', 'opening_date': '1939-11-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Knoedler & Co. Inc, NY, Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, January 20-February 15, 1947, cat. #13.', 'opening_date': '1947-01-20T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Work of Gaston Lachaise, December 3, 1963-January 19, 1964; then to the Whitney Museum of Art, February 18-April 5, 1964.', 'opening_date': '1964-02-18T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Western Reserve Historical Society, Art Deco, June 6-August 1, 1971.', 'opening_date': '1971-06-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Youngstown, OH, The Butler Institute of American Art, Art Deco, December 2, 1973-January 27, 1974.', 'opening_date': '1973-12-02T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Portland, ME, Portland Art Museum, May 16-September 16, 1984: Gaston Lachaise: Sculpture and Drawings.', 'opening_date': '1984-05-16T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Ralph King date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. page number: cat. #38, p. 40, repr. url: --- IMAGES