id: 146977 accession number: 1972.367 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.367 updated: 2022-09-10 10:46:30.162000 Detachable Figure (Dancer), 1915. Jacques Lipchitz (French, born in Lithuania, 1891–1973). Ebony and oak; overall: 98.1 cm (38 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Aye Simon 1972.367 title: Detachable Figure (Dancer) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1915 creation date earliest: 1915 creation date latest: 1915 current location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde creditline: Gift of Mrs. Aye Simon copyright: --- culture: France, 20th century technique: ebony and oak 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: 98.1 cm (38 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1972 opening date: 1973-02-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973). title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). title: The Planar Dimension: Europe 1912 - 1931 opening date: 1979-03-09T05:00:00 The Planar Dimension: Europe 1912 - 1931. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 9-May 6, 1979). title: Images of the Mind opening date: 1987-07-07T04:00:00 Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987). title: Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960 opening date: 1987-09-16T04:00:00 Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987). title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Aye Simon [1902-1992], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1972 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1972- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Inspired by artists Picasso and Braque, Lipchitz adapted their innovations in painting to sculpture. His series of Detachable Figures were made with solid blocks of material to simulate the geometric shapes of his friends' paintings. digital description: wall description: Lipchitz began making Cubist sculptures in 1915, the year he produced this rare assemblage of oak and ebony blocks. The interlocking blocks suggest abstract patterns of light and shadow, while multiple views of a single figure appear at the top. One face is delicately carved into a block near the raised arm, while two ebony blocks on the adjacent side suggest an abstract face with the elongated features of an African mask. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 243 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n263 Henning, Edward B. Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 115, no. 23 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 296 url: --- IMAGES