Sleeping Gull
Gaston Lachaise, Sleeping Gull, ca. 1927, bronze, Museum Purchase: Children's Museum Fund, © The Lachaise Foundation, 44.2
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Sleeping Gull
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1927
- Period
Modern (ca. 1860- ca. 1959)
- Medium
bronze
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
5 in x 12 1/4 in x 4 in
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art
- Category
Sculpture
- Object Type
sculpture
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Children's Museum Fund
- Accession Number
44.2
- Copyright
© The Lachaise Foundation
- Terms
The Portland Art Museum's Gull is a lifetime cast with a finish patina applied by Lachaise. The piece was commissioned in January 1926 by the American poet Hart Crane, who was a devoted friend of Gaston and Isabel Lachaise.
- Exhibitions
1980 The Phillips Taste in Portland Portland Art Museum