Robert Laurent

The Awakening
1931

A bronze sculpture of a reclining female figure with her left hand supporting her upper body and her right hand resting on her raised right knee. The figure is depicted with stylized features and hair, and is positioned on a rectangular base against a plain background.

A bronze sculpture of a reclining female figure with her left hand supporting her upper body and her right hand resting on her raised right knee. The figure is depicted with stylized features and hair, and is positioned on a rectangular base against a plain background.

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Date
1931

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 39 1/16 × 54 3/4 × 28 3/4in. (99.2 × 139.1 × 73 cm)

Accession number
31.44

Publication
Cast by Roman Bronze Works

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/582

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Robert Laurent
7 works in the collection

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