id: 132648 accession number: 1955.166 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.166 updated: Mother and Child, 1929–1930. Jacques Lipchitz (French, born in Lithuania, 1891–1973). Bronze; overall: 130.2 x 90.2 x 87.7 cm (51 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund with a contribution from Bernard J. Reis 1955.166 © The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz title: Mother and Child title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1929–1930 creation date earliest: 1929 creation date latest: 1930 current location: ArtLens Exhibition C creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund with a contribution from Bernard J. Reis copyright: © The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz --- culture: France, 20th century technique: bronze department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960 type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jacques Lipchitz (French, born in Lithuania, 1891–1973) - artist French sculptor, 1891-1973, active in the United States --- measurements: Overall: 130.2 x 90.2 x 87.7 cm (51 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: J. Lipchitz translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Jacques Lipchitz: A Retrospective opening date: 1989-12-15T05:00:00 Jacques Lipchitz: A Retrospective. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (December 15, 1989-March 11, 1990). title: Artlens Exhibition 2019 opening date: 2019-06-11T04:00:00 Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, cat. no. 56
CMA 1955: Work of Jacques Lipchitz, Jan. 25 - March 13, repr. #336 --- PROVENANCE purchased from the artist. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Lipchitz began as a Cubist sculptor but moved away from sculptural geometric forms in the 1920s. digital description: A child rides on the back of his bird-like mother in this monumental sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz. The motif of mother and child has been explored countless times in art, and is often charged with strong emotion. While at first glance this sculpture may seem tender, the child digs his fingers aggressively into his mother’s breasts. The artist embraced imagery of mothers and children throughout his career, and related his interest in this theme to his relationship with his own mother. This sculpture is subjective, or open to interpretation; while one viewer may see an image of affection, another may see brutality and oppression. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 336 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n65 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 198 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n222 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 198 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n222 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 246 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n266 --- IMAGES