Floating Woman - Lincoln, NE - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Sheldon Museum of Art holds an impressive art collection at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 12th and, R St, Lincoln, NE 68588. Also of note are the many sculptures outside in front of and west of the museum. This piece, Floating Woman was sculpted in 1927 and 7 casts were made in 1935 that have since been spread around the world. The Sheldon Museum listing and Wikipedia both refer to the piece as Floating Figure while the Smithsonian listing calls it Floating Woman.

It is a large bronze statue that appears to be floating above its concrete pedestal. The model is Lachaise's wife.
The Smithsonian description is rather dull: "Seated nude female figure floating with arms extended."

TITLE: Floating Woman ARTIST(S): Gaston Lachaise DATE: 1/1/1927 MEDIUM: Bronze CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76001328 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Sheldon Art Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln 12th and, R St, Lincoln, NE 68588 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Without much description in the inventory listing there was nothing for me to compare it to. It is in solid shape.

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