The Standing Personage
- Date
- 1916
- Material
- Bronze
- designed in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- height: 41 1/4 in. (104.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr.
- Rights
- © Estate of Jacques Lipchitz, All Rights Reserved
- Object Number
- 150:1973
NOTES
This bronze figure study suggests a human silhouette, using architectural curves and corners. Jacques Lipchitz would later write about this sculpture: “It looms up like a cluster of skyscraper towers.” At the 1925 Paris Exhibition, he contributed works to the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (Pavilion of the New Spirit) executed by his friend Le Corbusier. Here, his Cubist style merged with the architect’s powerful, stripped-back Purism.
Despite his interest in architecture, Lipchitz reiterated that this sculpture portrays a human figure. He considered the V-shaped arches splitting from the central vertical to resemble the eyebrows and nose of a face.
Despite his interest in architecture, Lipchitz reiterated that this sculpture portrays a human figure. He considered the V-shaped arches splitting from the central vertical to resemble the eyebrows and nose of a face.
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