Harvard Art Museums > 1955.54: Happiness of Orpheus Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Happiness of Orpheus (Jacques Lipchitz) , 1955.54,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228534. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1955.54 People Jacques Lipchitz, French (Druskieniki, Lithuania 1891 - 1973 Capri, Italy) Title Happiness of Orpheus Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1945 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228534 Physical Descriptions Medium Tempera on panel Dimensions 80.65 x 60.33 cm (31 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l.: J. Lipchitz Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York, 1944]. Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, by 1946, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955. NOTE: Provenance taken from SF MOMA exhibition catalogue and Lois Orswell David Smith and Modern Art published by the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Copyright © The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz Accession Year 1955 Object Number 1955.54 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jacques Lipchitz: Sculptor and Collector, exh. cat., List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, 1985), no. 22 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), pp. 335 (repr. b/w), 338, 373; cat. no. 149, fig. 144 Exhibition History Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 09/06/1944 - 09/24/1944 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947 20th Century Art in New England, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 05/06/1948 - 06/30/1948 Jacques Lipchitz: Sculptor and Collector, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 03/01/1985 - 06/09/1985 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu