Art Institute of Chicago
Rape of Europa II
Jacques Lipchitz · 1938
Provenance
Ownership history
- Buchholz Gallery, New York, probably acquired directly from the artist, by Mar. 26, 1943; given to Art Institute of Chicago, May 27, 1943.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Good Design, January 12–November 1, 1950, hors cat.
Literature
Published references
- Frederick A. Sweet, “Reports of the Departments for 1943, Painting and Sculpture,” Bulletin of the Art Insitute of Chicago, 38, 3 (March 1944), 10, as Rape of Europa.
- Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, Jacques Lipchitz, exh. cat. (New York: Buchholz Gallery, 1951), n.p., as Rape of Europa, 1938.
- Dore Ashton, “Jacques Lipchitz: Master Sculptor of our Century,” Today’s Art 11, 5, 8 (ill.), 9, 13.
- Otto G. Ocvirk, Robert O. Bone, Robert E. Stinson, and Philip R. Wigg, Art Fundementals: Theory and Practice (Dubuque, Iowa: WM. C. Brown, 1975), 168, 169, fig. 218 (ill.), as Rape of Europa.
- Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, The Paris Years 1910-1940 (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996), 111, cat. 343, 225, as Rape of Europa II, 1938.
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