Guitar Player

1918

Jacques Lipchitz

Associated Names
Jacques Lipchitz

Sculptor, French, 1891 - 1973

The sculpture features an abstract human figure holding a musical instrument. It is crafted in a cubist style with geometric shapes and angular facets that suggest a seated person, their legs crossed and their fingers placed on an instrument with a long neck that stretches horizontally to the right. The sculpture is a dark gray color, and it is positioned upright on a solid base.”
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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

June Provines Carey [d. 1983, Mrs. Calvert Carey], Washington, by 1978; her estate; bequest 14 December 1984 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • XXV: The Women's Committee of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 March - 22 April 1979, no. 40.

2002

  • Forms of Cubism: Sculpture and the Avant-Garde 1909-1918, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 12 February - 8 September 2002, unnumbered checklist.

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 March - 29 July 2007.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

Inscriptions

on the back of the base, next to a raised circle; 6/7 J Lipchitz; on proper right base, foundry stamp: MODERN ART FOUNDRY

Markings

FM: Modern Art Foundry

Wikidata ID

Q63864050

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