PROMETHEUS AND THE VULTURE
Catalogue
- Year
- 1947
- Dimensions
- Plate 6 3/4 x 5 3/8" (17.1 x 13.8 cm) Sheet 12 1/8 x 8 15/16" (30.9 x 22.8 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Jacques Lipchitz
Artist
Sculpture
One of the most important abstract sculptors of the 20th century, Jacques Lipchitz is best known for his Cubist figures, portraits and still lifes. Favoring bronze and stone, Lipchitz explored mythological, Biblical and universal human themes with a fervent emotional intensity. As a Jewish-born Lithuanian forced to flee Paris at the outset of the Second World War, Lipchitz’s experiences of persecution and displacement had a profound impact on his artistic evolution. While works from his Cubist period reveal a sophisticated grasp of line, plane and volume, in the latter part of his career, Lipchitz evolved toward a more figurative, expressive style.
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Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)
1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts
Tree of Life II
1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Tree of Life III
1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Tree of Life I
1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Sketch for ‘Government of the People’
1967 · Plaster
Untitled from Flight
1965 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint
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- Jacques Lipchitz
- Year
- 1947
- Dimensions
- Plate 6 3/4 x 5 3/8" (17.1 x 13.8 cm) Sheet 12 1/8 x 8 15/16" (30.9 x 22.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1947-M053692
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified