Floating Figure

William Zorach, Floating Figure, 1922, cast plaster, 8 1⁄2 x 32 x 6 in. (21.6 x 81.4 x 15.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.3

Artwork Details

Title
Floating Figure
Artist
Date
1922
Location
Dimensions
8 1⁄2 x 32 x 6 in. (21.6 x 81.4 x 15.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
Object Number
1968.154.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.154.3

Artwork Description

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.”

Works by this artist (2 items)

Dominic Di Mare, Manuscript #9, 1978, handmade paper, feathers, fiber, hawthorn, string, and cotton batting, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.2, © 1978, Dominic L. DiMare
Manuscript #9
Artist
Date1978
handmade paper, feathers, fiber, hawthorn, string, and cotton batting
Not on view
Dominic Di Mare, Mourning Station #11, 1988, hawthorn, horsehair, feathers, thread, and stone, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, Patrick and Darle Maveety and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1992.82
Mourning Station #11
Artist
Date1988
hawthorn, horsehair, feathers, thread, and stone
Not on view

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