About This Artwork
Jacques Lipchitz
American, born Lithuania, 1891–1973
The Reader1919
Bronze
30 1/8 x 9 x 10 1/4 in. (76.5 x 22.8 x 26 cm)
Signed J. Lipchitz, Sept., 1919 on base rear
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx through the Maymar Corporation, 1955.826
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Chicago, The Arts Club, An Exhibition of Cubism on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of The Arts Club of Chicago, October 3–November 4, 1955, no. 50, as Liseuse.
Publication History
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1996–2000), vol. 1, p. 53, fig. 97.
Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marx, Chicago, purchased directly from the artist, November 4,1955 [shipping order, November 4, 1955 and letter November 18, 1955 from P. Lukens in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1955.