Gaston Lachaise

(Design for Dolphin Fountain)
1924

A sketch of multiple stylized dolphins leaping and intertwining with each other on a weathered, yellowed piece of paper. The dolphins are drawn with flowing lines and shaded with green, suggesting movement and a dynamic composition.
A sketch of multiple stylized dolphins leaping and intertwining with each other on a weathered, yellowed piece of paper. The dolphins are drawn with flowing lines and shaded with green, suggesting movement and a dynamic composition.

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Date
1924

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pencil, wax crayon and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 9/16 × 39 3/8in. (77.6 × 100 cm) Image: 30 9/16 × 39 3/8in. (77.6 × 100 cm)

Accession number
2017.19

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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Gaston Lachaise
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