Girl with French Loaves / Chet LaMore
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.111
- Title
- Girl with French Loaves
- Artist
- Chet LaMore
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1980
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Mary T. LaMore
- Inscription
- Inscribed top face of base front: LAMORE
- Dimensions
- 25.4 cm x 16 cm x 8.7 cm (10 in. x 6 5/16 in. x 3 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- Highly abstracted figure with oval body, short straight legs, and a large mushroom shaped head with a crude, wide-mouthed face. Between the body and head are two horizontal bars that are slightly longer than the width of the head. The sculpture is quite flat, and the bronze has a molten look.
- Subject Matter
- Primitivist abstraction and surrealistic caricature of the figure of a girl carrying loaves of French bread.
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
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- european
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- food
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 627 x 947
- File Size
- 79 KB
- Record
- 1981/2.111
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-2.111/1981_2.111.jpg
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"Girl with French Loaves; Chet LaMore." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-2.111/1981_2.111.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.