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Dorich House Museum

Dora Gordine, Smiling Torso/Laughing Buttocks, 1937-38, bronze, 82.7 x 48.2 x 33.8 cm. Cast by Valsuani.

Dorich House interior, showing Ming head mounted on a small plinth on window sill. © Historic England

Dora Gordine Smiling Torso/Laughing Buttocks 1937–38

Bronze, 82.7 x 48.2 x 33.8 cm. Cast by Valsuani.

The sitter for this sculpture is believed to have been one of Gordine and Hare’s neighbours on Kingston Vale. The work was cast at Valsuani in Paris and was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in London in 1938 where it was particularly well received.