Artist:

William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this

Medium:

cast plaster

Dimensions:

8 1/2 x 32 x 6 in. (21.6 x 81.4 x 15.3 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1922

Luce Center Label:

William Zorach was inspired to make Floating Figure by the woman who taught his family to swim and by what he called a “deep feeling of pleasure from the sea.” Zorach simplified his female figures because he believed that the human body, when reduced to its basic forms, was “a thing of sheer beauty.”

Topic:

Figure female\nude  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar

Object number:

1968.154.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 47A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk700dd3785-dd02-4355-be2a-aa50af0a8022

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1968.154.3