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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.826
People
Richard Lippold, American (Milwaukee WI 1915 - 2002 Roslyn NY)
Title
Young Venus
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1953-1954
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
30.48 x 15.24 x 13.97 cm (12 x 6 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard Lippold, commissioned by; Towle Silversmiths/Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Withers, 1953, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1984.

NOTE: Mr. Withers was the president of Towle Silversmiths.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Withers
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.826
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sculpture in Silver from Islands in Time, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1955), no. 26, reproduced in b/w

Exhibition History

  • Sculpture in Silver from Islands of Time, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 09/14/1955 - 10/16/1955; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 10/30/1955 - 11/20/1955; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 12/04/1955 - 12/25/1955; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 01/08/1956 - 01/29/1956; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 02/12/1956 - 03/04/1956; Lawrence Art Museum, 11/08/1956 - 11/21/1956
  • Loan exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 1981, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/20/1981 - 03/20/1981

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