1998.299: Happiness of Orpheus
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1998.299
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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