Woman with Guitar

Date
Artist
Jacques Lipchitz, American, b. Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1891–1973
Provenance
The Artist
Mr. Chareau (acquired directly from the Artist)
Mme. Pierre Chareau, New York, by 1954
Mrs. Kay Hillman, New York, to 6 September 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 6 September 1967-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz," 18 May-1 August 1954, p. 91, no ill. TOUR: WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 1 October-12 December; CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, 25 January-13 March 1955. (Lent by Mme. Chareau.)
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. "Lipchitz: The Cubist Period, 1913-1930," 12-30 March 1968.
GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Greenville, South Carolina. "Modern Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selected Works from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 1977-78. p. 35, ill. p. 34. TOUR: GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Greenville, South Carolina, 30 November 1977-22 January 1978; COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART Columbia, South Carolina, 5 February-19 March 1978; GIBBES ART GALLERY, Charleston, South Carolina, 4 April-14 May 1978.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC. "Twentieth Century Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1979-80," no. 28, ill. p. 38. TOUR: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, Ohio, 20 June-19 August 1979; COLUMBUS MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER, Columbus, Georgia, 22 September-10 November 1979; FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, Michigan, 15 December 1979-3 February 1980; SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 23 February-13 April 1980; ANCHORAGE HISTORICAL AND FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Alaska, 3 May-22 June 1980; YELLOWSTONE ART CENTER, Billings, Montana, 26 July-23 September 1980.
[ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 9-27 August 1995, no. 39, ill. TOUR: IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December].
Published References
Lipchitz, Jacques, with H. H. Arnason. My Life in Sculpture (New York: Viking, 1972), p. 94, no ill.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.178
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
11 X 5 7/8 X 7 1/4 IN. (27.9 X 15.1 X 18.4 CM.) WT: 9 LB. (4.1 KG.) INCL. BASE