id:			142310
accession number:	1966.139
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.139
updated:		2022-01-04 16:34:53.450000

Nymphenspiel, 1960. Lucebert (Dutch, 1924-1994). Oil on canvas; unframed: 70.2 x 90.5 cm (27 5/8 x 35 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Gordon D. Meals 1966.139

title:				Nymphenspiel
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creation date:			1960
creation date earliest:		1960
creation date latest:		1960
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Gordon D. Meals
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culture:	Netherlands, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Lucebert (Dutch, 1924-1994)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 70.2 x 90.5 cm (27 5/8 x 35 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  Lucebert IV 60.  Titled on back.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Opening - Fine Arts Center
	opening date:   1970-05-15T04:00:00
	<i>Opening - Fine Arts Center</i>. Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts, Painesville, OH (organizer) (May 15-June 14, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 16 - November 23, 2003.  " Object in Focus:  Karl Appel and the Legacy of COBRA "

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Gordon D. Meals.
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wall description: 
Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, called Lucebert, was primarily a poet. He published his writings in COBRA's journal and in the group's 1949 exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, where he "installed" his poems as scraps of paper pinned to a construction that resembled a cage, called the "poet's cage." Lucebert later became known for his painting and drawing as well as for his writing, which he worked to integrate with visual art. 

Nymphenspiel, or Nymph's Game, depicts several childlike nymphs or fairies against a surreal background. The party or game is a subject often found in work by COBRA artists, who were attracted to the idea of designated time away from work for expression and celebration.
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