Joy of Orpheus
Date
(1945)/cast by 1957
Artist
Jacques Lipchitz, American, b. Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1891–1973
Provenance
Harold Diamond, New York, to 12 January 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 January 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 124, p. 58. Tour: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 243, ill. p. 100.
HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 31, ill. p. 37.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976," 20 May-20 October 1976, no. 169, ill. p. 347.
MERIDIAN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Washington, D.C. "Jewish Life in America: Fulfilling the American Dream," 13 June-19 August 1983.
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.
SCULPTURE ARCHIVES GALLERY, ALBERT AND VERA LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Jacques Lipchitz: Sculptor and Collector," 1 March-9 June 1985, no. 11, ill.
MEADOW MUSEUM AND GALLERY, Dallas. "Classical Myth in Western Art: Ancient through Modern," 1 November-22 December 1985, no. 28, p. 88, ill. p. 89. TOUR: AMARILLO ART CENTER, Texas, 12 January-2 March 1986.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 1 July-6 August 1995, no. 42, ill. p. 91. TOUR: ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
Published References
UNSIGNED. Milwaukee Sentinel (27 September 1959), p. D5.
UNSIGNED. The Globe Magazine Toronto (24 September 1960), p. 12, ill.
THURSTON, LAURA. "In Praise of Immigrant Artists," America Illustrated
248 (July 1977), ill. p. 29.
BERNSTOCK, JUDITH E. Under the Spell of Orpheus (Carbondale and
Edwardsville: Southern University Press, 1991), pp. 40, 153-55, 167, no. 20, p. 91.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.3095
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
18 3/8 x 10 x 7 1/4 in. (46.7 x 25.4 x 18.4 cm) WT: 28lb. (12.7kg)
