Figure
Date
1926-1930/(cast 1958-1961)
Artist
Jacques Lipchitz, American, b. Druskieniki, Lithuania, 1891–1973
Provenance
Otto Gerson Gallery, New York, to 27 December 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 27 December 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 241, ill. p. 101.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "Inaugural Loan Exhibition," April-July 1965.
EXPO '67 MONTREAL. "International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture," 28 April-27 October 1967, p. 119, ill. p. 92.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE, Leeds, England. "The Sculptors Studio in Britain and France 1900-1950," 20 September 2001-6 June 2002.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "The Hirshhorn Approach," Time 80 (5 October 1962), ill. p. 75.
UNSIGNED. "Art Lone Wolf," Newsweek 60 (15 October 1962), ill. p. 110.
RUDIKOFF, SONYA. "New York Letter," Art International 6 (November 1962), p. 62.
READ, HERBERT. A Concise History of Modern Sculpture (New York: Praeger, 1964), no. 79, p. 296, ill. p. 77.
SWEENEY, JAMES JOHNSON. "A Living Frame for Sculpture," House and Garden 126 (August 1964), ill. p. 113.
UNSIGNED. "A Look into the Future--the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden," Washington Post (22 May 1966), colorpl. sec. K, p. 1.
HAMILTON, GEORGE HEARD. Painting and Sculpture in Europe: 1880-1940 (Baltimore: Penguin, 1967), pl. 104.
COLTON, JOEL. Great Ages of Man: Twentieth Century (New York: Time-Life Books, 1968), colorpl. p. 46.
BOWNESS, ALAN. Modern European Art (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972) (Thames & Hudson copyright), p. 82, no. 174, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 714, colorpl. 391.
MERILIAT, HERBERT CHRISTIAN. Modern Sculpture: The New Old Masters (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1974), p. 104, no. 65, ill.
ALEXANDER, JASON. Why Johnny Can't Run, Swim, Pull, Dig, Slither, etc. (San Francisco: Sitnalta Press, 1978), p. 20, no. 195, ill.
ELSEN, ALBERT E. Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945 (New York: Braziller, 1979), fig. 19, pp. 30-31.
HYAMS, BARRY. Hirshhorn: Medici from Brooklyn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979), p. 132.
QUANTRILL, MALCOLM. "London Letter," Art International 22/9 (February 1979), p. 38.
KELLY, JAMES J. The Sculptural Idea, third edition (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing, 1981), fig. 5, p. 16.
RICHARDSON, DAN, and MARGIE RICHARDSON. Journal of the Center for the Arts (Vero Beach, Florida, 1984), n.p., ill.
BERGMAN, EDWARD F. and TOM L. MCKNIGHT. Introduction to Georgraphy (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993), fig. 5-37, p. 164.
WILKINSON, ALAN G. The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz (London ; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996), no. 206, ill. pp. 77, 220.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1998), no. 31, ill. p. 62.
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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), Plaza
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
66.3101
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
85 3/8 × 38 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. (216.8 × 97.7 × 74.3 cm)
