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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.299
People
Jacques Lipchitz, French (Druskieniki, Lithuania 1891 - 1973 Capri, Italy)
Title
Happiness of Orpheus
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bonheur d'Orphee
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1945
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231284

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
46.67 cm (18 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on rectangular base; incised in model [Lipchitz's hand]: Lipchitz

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, acquired 1946(?), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Copyright
© The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.299
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat.no. 149, fig. 144, p. 332, 338, 373

Exhibition History

  • 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
  • A Century of Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 03/30/1950 - 05/18/1950

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