Winged Sphinx
Date
(1930-1932)
Artist
Boris Lovet-Lorski, American, 1899–1973
Provenance
Estate of the artist, New York, to 30 November 1978
Bequest of the artist, 1978
Exhibition History
COCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Special Exhibition of Sculpture by Boris Lovet-Lorski," 2-21 February 1939, no. 27.
RENWICK GALLERY, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "American Art Deco," 17 April-13 July 1987.
Published References
ARMITAGE, MERLE. Sculpture of Boris Lovet-Lorski (New York: E. Weyhe, 1937), ill. p. 45.
WATSON, JANE. "Lovet-Lorski Sculpture at Cocoran Termed Icy Classicism," Washington Post (12 February 1939).
BREUNING, MARGARET. "Lovet-Lorski," Art Digest 19/17 (1 June 1945), p. 17.
BUSH, MARTIN H. Boris Lovet-Lorski: The Language of Time (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, 1967), p. 18, ill. p. 19.
UNSIGNED. "Boris Lovet-Lorski: Art Deco Sculpture," News Release (New York: Finch College Museum of Art, 1973).
UNSIGNED. "Principales Acuisitions des Musees en 1979," La Chronique des Arts (March 1980), p. 77.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Bequest of the artist, 1978
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
78.101
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Egyptian granite
Dimensions
22 1/8 x 40 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (56.2 x 102.9 x 36.8 cm) WT: 283lb. (128.4kg)
