Seated Man (Primary Title)
Jacques Lipchitz, French, active in the United States, 1891 - 1973 (Artist)
Lipchitz came to Paris from his native Lithuania in 1909 as an art student. In 1914, on a formative trip to Spain with his close friend Diego Rivera, he began to experiment with the geometric forms of Cubism. Over the next decade he continued a dialogue with both Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris regarding the differences between two-dimensional and three-dimensional Cubism. Here Lipchitz reduced the figure to several intersecting planes, with a split down the middle emphasizing two contrasting elements: sharp angular forms on one side set against a graceful, curvilinear outline on the other, with arms joined in the middle..
inscribed on back of base: "J. Lipchitz"
General Endowment Fund
Jacques Lipchitz: A Life in Sculpture, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, December 15, 1989 – March 11, 1990; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, May 13 – August 12, 1990; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 7 – November 25, 1990; The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, January 15, 1991 – April 15, 1991
The Human Figure in Art, Artmobile, February 1967 – January 1968
The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, May 18 – August 22, 1954; Walter Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, October 1 – December 12, 1954; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, January 25 – March 12, 1955
Special Loan Exhibition, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va., May 6 – 20, 1953
Judge the Jury, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., February 13 – March 22, 1953
The Human Figure in Art, Artmobile, February 1967 – January 1968
The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, May 18 – August 22, 1954; Walter Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, October 1 – December 12, 1954; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, January 25 – March 12, 1955
Special Loan Exhibition, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va., May 6 – 20, 1953
Judge the Jury, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., February 13 – March 22, 1953
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