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Lipchitz, Jacques,
Modern Art Foundry,
Abstract
Disaster -- Fire
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
Sculpture
Lesson of a Disaster, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973, sculptor.
Modern Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Lesson of a Disaster, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 144 x 48 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 11 x 31 x 31 in.
Inscription:
(Back of sculpture, proper left:) Modern Art Foundry/New York/NY (Back of sculpture, proper right:) (artist's thumbprint) 9/1 Lipchitz signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Abstract sculpture resembling a column with a nest on top. The artist wrote that the sculpture represents a phoenix bird feeding a nest of small birds, which are surrounded by flames resembling flowers. The sculpture sits on a concrete base, which in turn sits in the middle of a former pool now filled with sand and rocks.
Subject:
Abstract
Disaster -- Fire
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Arizona
--
Tucson
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
University
of
Arizona
, Museum of Art, Olive Road and Speedway,
Tucson
,
Arizona
85721 Accession Number: 79.22
Located
University
of
Arizona
, East entrance to Museum of Art,
Tucson
,
Arizona
Remarks:
Donated by the Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation, 1979. The sculpture was inspired by a fire that destroyed the artist's studio. Nearby marker reads: Lesson of a Disaster/1961-70/Jacques Lipchitz/(1891-1973)/Lent by the Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Arizona
,
Tucson
survey, 1993.
University
of
Arizona
Museum of Art, 1988.
Lipchitz, Jacques, with H. H. Arnason, "My Life in Sculpture," New York: Viking Press, 1972, pg. 188-190, 197.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 01350043
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
01350043
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