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Jacques Lipchitz

The Joy of Orpheus I

1945

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  • Artist Jacques Lipchitz (American, b. Lithuania, 1891–1973)
  • Title The Joy of Orpheus I
  • Date 1945
  • Medium Bronze
  • Dimensions unframed | 18 1/2 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, William N. MacMillan Fund, 1952
  • Object number WU 3835

Face and Figure in European Art, 1928–1945
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/25/2013 - 04/21/2013

Frederick Hartt and American Abstraction in the 1950s: Building the Collection at Washington University in St. Louis
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/04/2012 - 08/27/2012

Caught By Politics: Art of the 1930s and 1940s
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/19/2001 - 03/18/2001

A Gallery of Modern Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 08/09/1994 - 10/16/1994

Washington University Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture from Daumier to Pollock
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 04/06/1966 - 05/08/1966

Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960

Jacques Lipchitz
Buchholz Gallery (New York, New York), 05/01/1951 - 05/26/1951

Frederick Hartt and American Abstraction in the 1950s: Building the Collection at Washington University in St. Louis 2012

1952
Buchholz Gallery

Inscription [on side of base, etched into bronze, signature:] Lipchitz

Inscription [on base, in black ink:] WU3835

Inscription [on base, on white cloth octagonal label:] 3435 / 36

Inscription [on base, on paper octagonal label with blue border:] [ovular stamp with illegible text]

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