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The sculpture is a bust of a man's head. The hair, eyes, nose, and lips are detailed. The man's hair is styled in a short, neat manner, and the expression appears calm and focused. The bust is colored in dark brown, suggesting it is made of patinated bronze. This sculpture rests on a glossy black pedestal.
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The sculpture is a bust of a man's head. The hair, eyes, nose, and lips are detailed. The man's hair is styled in a short, neat manner, and the expression appears calm and focused. The bust is colored in dark brown, suggesting it is made of patinated bronze. This sculpture rests on a glossy black pedestal.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Alfred Stieglitz

Gaston Lachaise

Date
model c. 1925-1928, cast 2024
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
sculpture overall: 28.89 × 18.42 × 25.4 cm (11 3/8 × 7 1/4 × 10 in.) base: 13.34 × 18.1 × 18.1 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Accession number
2025.28.1
Credit line
Chief Curator Discretionary Fund and Gift of the Lachaise Foundation
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CMC
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • cast
  • Stieglitz, Alfred
  • Portrait of a man
Provenance

Gaston Lachaise Foundation, New York; purchased 2025 by NGA and gift 2025 to NGA.

NGA object ID 229965. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.