Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Automne
Alternate Title:
Autumn
Image View:
Legs and feet, close view
Creator:
Henri Laurens (French sculptor, 1885-1954)
Location:
repository: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Location Note:
Gift of David E. Bright, 1967
GPS:
34.075023-118.440268
Date:
1948 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
80 x 57 x 170 cm (length)
Relation Work:
part of Hammer Museum, Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Subjects:
abstraction or non-objective; allegorical; figure, female; nymph; dryad
Description:
In another sculpture, [Water Sprites (bronze, h. 800 mm, 1933; Paris, Pompidou)], he returned to one of his favourite subjects, that of the reclining nude supported on one arm, repeated here to give the effect of two successive waves and also calling to mind the nymphs or naiads sculpted on the edges of Baroque fountains. Like the series of Bathers painted by Picasso at Dinard in 1928-1929 or certain sculptures by Hans Arp, Laurens?s figures obey only an organic rhythm, which swells or lifts them, hollows or magnifies them in a joyful impulse. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordar…
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
6A1-LHE-A-A7
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Automne