About This Artwork

Jacques Lipchitz
American, born Lithuania, 1891–1973

Rape of Europa, 1938

Bronze
15 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (39.5 x 60.3 x 32.5 cm)
signed on l back of base: "J. Lipchitz 1938"
Anonymous gift, 1943.594

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Santa Barbara, California, The Art Galleries, University of California, Sculpture, Twenties and Thirties, February 22–March 26, 1972.

Chicago, Art Institute, Chalk and Chisel: Sculptors’ Drawings in The Art Institute of Chicago, September 12–December 12, 1985.

Publication History

Dore Ashton, “Jacques Lipchitz, Mast Sculptor of Our Century," Today’s Art, vol. 11, no. 5, p. 8 (ill.), pp. 9, 13.

Ownership History

Buchholz Gallery, New York.