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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1960 creation date earliest: 1960 creation date latest: 1960 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Gordon D. Meals copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, 20th century technique: oil on canvas department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Lucebert (Dutch, 1924-1994) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 70.2 x 90.5 cm (27 5/8 x 35 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed lower right: Lucebert IV 60. Titled on back. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Opening - Fine Arts Center opening date: 1970-05-15T04:00:00 Opening - Fine Arts Center. Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts, Painesville, OH (organizer) (May 15-June 14, 1970). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 16 - November 23, 2003. " Object in Focus: Karl Appel and the Legacy of COBRA " --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Gordon D. Meals. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES