Jacques Lipchitz's "Figure with Guitar"

Provenance

Jon Nicholas Streep, Fine Arts, New York, to 29 March 1959

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 29 March 1959-17 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. 240.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Variations on a Musical Theme: Selections from the Museum Collection," 22 July-5 September 1982, unpublished checklist.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Relief Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 26 January-13 April 1986, no cat; checklist no. 21 [as "Man with a Guitar"].

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 1 July-6 August 1995, no. 38, ill. TOUR: ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925," 29 April-5 August 2001. TOUR: MUSEE DE GRENOBLE, Grenoble, France, 23 September-6 January 2002.

Published References

WILKINSON, ALAN G. The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonne vol. 1 (New York ; London: Thames and Hudson, 1996), no. 181, ill. p. 71 (on different base).

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Artist

Jacques Lipchitz, American, b. Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1891–1973

Date

(1925/cast c. 1950-1959)

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Medium

Bronze plaque

Dimensions

7 5/8 X 10 3/4 X 2 3/4 IN. (19.2 X 27.3 X 6.8 CM.) WT. 8 1/2 LB. (3.9 KG.)

Type

Sculpture/relief