Female Torso 1928

Editor: So, this is Gaston Lachaise's *Female Torso*. It's undated, but what strikes me is how it captures a powerful yet vulnerable presence through bronze. What symbolic weight do you think this fragment carries? Curator: The fragment itself is key. The missing head invites the viewer to project their own understanding of identity onto this female form. The full, rounded forms recall ancient fertility figures, yes, but here, stripped of specific cultural markers, it becomes a meditation on the universal feminine. Editor: So, it’s less about idealizing the female form and more about… Curator: More about the cyclical nature of life and the enduring power of the feminine principle, detached from conventional representation. Do you feel a connection to a collective memory when viewing it? Editor: I see it. It is thought-provoking how a fragment speaks volumes about the female experience. Curator: Exactly. Lachaise invites us to remember.