Artist Monograph

Jacques Lipchitz, American

American, born Lithuania. 1891–1973

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	8	29.6%
Lithography	5	18.5%
Etching	4	14.8%
Watercolor	3	11.1%
Screenprint	2	7.4%
Other Media	2	7.4%
Drawing	1	3.7%
Gouache	1	3.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	63%
Painting & Sculpture	10	37%

Production by Decade

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 9
Print — 9
Drawing — 5
Illustrated Book — 3
Textile — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	18.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	74.1%
Large (1–3 m)	2	7.4%

Range: 17.1 cm → 216.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	2
1939	1
1942	2
1943	2
1945	2
1949	2
1951	2
1956	3
1963	3
1968	1
1969	2
1974	1
1978	1
1987	1
1994	1
2003	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 503" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 5, 513" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 27 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Girl with Braided Hair Drawing Acc. 296.1974	(1914)	Pencil on paper	7 7/8 x 6 1/4" (19.9 x 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Petrie Fund
Man with a Guitar Sculpture Acc. 509.1951	1915	Limestone	38 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/4" (97.2 x 26.7 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund (by exchange)
Seated Nude Drawing Acc. 126.1978	(1915)	Crayon, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper	19 5/8 x 12 7/8" (49.9 x 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Gertrude Stein Sculpture Acc. 9.1963	1920	Bronze	17 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 10" (44.4 x 21 x 25.4 cm), including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fund given by friends of the artist
Seated Man Sculpture Acc. 658.1939	1925	Bronze	13 1/2 x 12 x 9 5/8" (34.3 x 30.2 x 24.5 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Figure Textile Acc. 214.1937	1926-30 (cast 1937)	Bronze	7' 1 1/4" x 38 5/8" (216.6 x 98.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Van Gogh Purchase Fund
Reclining Nude with Guitar Sculpture Acc. 182.1994	1928	Marble	16 3/8 x 27 5/8 x 13 1/2" (41.6 x 70.3 x 34.3 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Bequest
23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.1-23	1930–35, published 1935	Illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each approx.): 13 × 10 3/16" (33 × 25.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Song of the Vowels Sculpture Acc. 8.1963	1931	Bronze	14 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/8" (37 x 26 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 9.53 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Song of the Vowels Sculpture Acc. 257.1937	1931	Terra cotta	14 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 6" (36.8 x 26.4 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Plate (folio 29) from 23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.13	1935	Drypoint with roulette from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut	plate: 10 9/16 × 8 9/16" (26.9 × 21.8 cm); sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16" (31.9 × 24.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
The Rape of Europa, II Sculpture Acc. 193.1942	1938	Bronze	15 1/4 x 23 1/8 x 12 3/4" (38.7 x 58.7 x 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Study for the sculpture Mother and Child Drawing Acc. 238.1956	(1939)	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 1/4 x 12 1/4" (23.4 x 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Otto M. Gerson
RAPE OF EUROPA Print Acc. 101.1956	1940	Etching, printed in brown	Plate 6 7/8 x 5 3/8" (17.5 x 13.8 cm) Sheet 17 3/8 x 13" (44.2 x 33.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Blossoming Sculpture Acc. 619.1943	1941-42	Bronze	21 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 16 3/8" (54.6 x 41.8 x 41.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Mother and Child, II Sculpture Acc. 508.1951	1941-45	Bronze	50 x 51 x 32 1/2" (127 x 129.5 x 82.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 234.28 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund (by exchange)
The Rape of Europa IV Drawing Acc. 154.1942	1941	Ink, red chalk, gouache, and pencil on paper	26 x 20" (66 x 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Rape of Europa IV Drawing Acc. 6.1949	(1941)	Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper	18 3/4 x 13 5/8" (47.5 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip L. Goodwin
Composition with Figures Print Acc. 105.1943	1943	Etching, drypoint and aquatint	8 15/16 x 6 7/8" (22.5 x 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Edward M. M. Warburg Fund
Theseus Print Acc. 447.1949	1943	Etching, engraving and aquatint, printed in black	Plate 13 13/16 x 11 3/16" (35.1 x 28.4 cm) Sheet 25 1/8 x 15" (64.0 x 38.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin
PROMETHEUS AND THE VULTURE Print Acc. 100.1956	(1947)	Engraving and aquatint, printed in black	Plate 6 3/4 x 5 3/8" (17.1 x 13.8 cm) Sheet 12 1/8 x 8 15/16" (30.9 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
In-text plate (folio 13) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.10	1960	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 13 7/8 × 11 3/4" (35.2 × 29.9 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes
The Bull and the Condor Print Acc. 1014.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 28 1/16 × 20 15/16" (71.2 × 53.2 cm); sheet: 30 1/4 × 22 5/16" (76.9 × 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 1130.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 1/4 × 28 7/16" (48.9 × 72.2 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 30 3/16" (56.6 × 76.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled from Flight Print Acc. 367.2003.7	1965, published 1971	Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint	composition (irreg.): 21 1/2 × 14 1/4" (54.6 × 36.2 cm); sheet: 25 1/2 × 20" (64.8 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley
BIBLICAL SUBJECT Print Acc. 1372.1968	(1968)	Lithograph, printed in color	composition 25 11/16 x 21 3/4" (65.2 x 55.3 cm) sheet 25 11/16 x 21 3/4" (65.2 x 55.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.4	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 25 3/8 x 17 3/4" (64.4 x 45.1cm); sheet: 30 11/16 x 22 13/16" (78 x 57.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)