Girl with French Loaves / Chet LaMore

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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 2
United States (nation)
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.
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627 x 947
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79 KB
Record
1981/2.111
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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 March 28, 2024.
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