La Baigneuse
Artist
Henri Laurens
(French, 1885-1954)
CultureFrench
Date1947
MediumBronze
Dimensions61 x 28 1/2 x 28 in. (154.9 x 72.4 x 71.1 cm)
InscribedSigned with a monogram & numbered "4/6" and also stamped "Valsuani Cire Perdue".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1098
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 219
Label TextHenri Laurens French, 1885–1954 La Baigneuse (The Bather), 1947 Bronze Since antiquity, many artists have been attracted to the female bather as a way to envision the erotic human form and explore compositional issues. In this bronze sculpture, Henri Laurens shaped and elongated the soft, rounded forms of a female torso to create a strikingly balanced composition. Especially interested in the play of solid masses and open voids, he constructed his bather with one arm curved up to her head and the other down toward her hip. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1098
