Femme nue debout (Standing Female Nude)

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on bottom of base: IV

Label

Standing Female Nude is a study of line and plane as formal compositional elements from which the figure is constructed rather than modeled. Yet in spite of the innovative treatment of surfaces and volumes, the artist consciously employs a conventional subject (a nude) to highlight his relationship to and stylistic break from the long-established figurative tradition in sculpture.

Laurens began in 1919 to experiment with cut-outs and superimposed planes in low relief, later turning to the execution of freestanding sculptures that became more clearly figurative but retained angular, faceted forms. Laurens played a pivotal role in developing the vocabulary of Cubism as a sculptural style during the second decade of the twentieth century.

From the 2019 exhibition Cubism and Its Aftershocks, curated by John R. Stomberg Ph.D, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

Course History

ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R. Taylor, Fall 2013

THEA 90, Contemporary Practices in U.S. Theater, Laurie Cherba Kohn, Fall 2013

WRIT 5, The Waste Land, Before and After, Melissa Zeiger, Fall 2013

SART 23, Figure Sculpture, Leslie Fry, Spring 2019

Exhibition History

20th Century Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 19-May 29, 1988.

A Collector's Choice, William B. Jaffe Memorial Exhibition, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1972-January 7, 1973.

An Introduction of the History of Art from the Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12-March 15, 1992.

Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 5-24, 1974.

Churchill P. Lathrop at Dartmouth 1928-1978, Strauss & Barrows Galleries & Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 20-November 26, 1978.

Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 28, 2002-July 20, 2003.

Constructing Gender: Works from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection, 1500 to the Present, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ARTH 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 28-April 22, 2012.

Cubism and Its Affinities, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 9-September 5, 1976.

Cubism and Its Aftershocks, Citrin Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-November 27, 2019.

Cubism and Its Influence, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 2-March 30, 1975.

Cubism and Its Legacy, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 17-December 20, 2013.

Cubism: From Advanced Art History Seminar to Museum Installation, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 28, 2004-February 20, 2005.

Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.

Early Modern Art from the Permanent Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 16, 1995-April 7, 1996.

European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 30, 2008-March 8, 2009.

Figural Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 16, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 3-October 23, 1994.

Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29, 1996-June 22, 1997.

Modernism: The Making of the 20th Century Vision, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 22-July 8, 1990.

Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 16,21, and 73, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, September 20-October 7, 1996.

Selections from the Permanent Collection: An Introduction to the History of Art From the Year 1500 to the Present, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hamsphire, February 11-March 7, 1993.

The Machine in the Garden: Cubist Art from the Hood Collection, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 26-August 24, 1986.

Twentieth Century Masters from the Permanent Collection, Barrows Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 3-March 5, 1978.

Publication History

Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1985, p. 128.

T. Barton Thurber, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, pp. 108-109, ill. p.109, no.56.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, 29 bis, Rue d'Astrog, Paris; Curt Valentin (1902-1954) Collection, New York; Edward R. Lubin, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1964.

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