Richard Lippold
| Richard Lippold | |
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 Lippold working on a sculpture, circa 1950 |
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| Born | May 3, 1915 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | August 22, 2002 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Sculpture |
Richard Lippold (May 3, 1915 Milwaukee, Wisconsin – August 22, 2002) was an American sculptor, known for his geometric constructions using wire as a medium.
He studied at the University of Chicago, and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in industrial design in 1937.[1] Lippold worked as an industrial designer from 1937 to 1941. After he became a sculptor, Lippold taught at several universities, including Hunter College at the City University of New York, from 1952 to 1967.
The Lippold Foundation is laboriously maintaining his work. Howard Newman:
Lippold was an engineering genius, but we’ve been dealing with a piece that had reached the threshold of catastrophe,...People’s mouths fall open when they see it going back up, like they’re watching a spider spin a web of blazing gold,...“The more that goes up, the more exquisite it gets.[2]
The 14th and 15th of John Cage's famous Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano are subtitled Gemini - after the work of Richard Lippold.
[edit] Works
- "Ad Astra," at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- "Aerial Act," at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut
- "Orpheus and Apollo," at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City,[3]
- "Sun," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which includes more than two miles of gold wire
- "World Tree," within the Walter Gropius-designed Harvard Graduate Center at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4]
- "Fire Bird" at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts in Costa Mesa, California
- "Ex Stasis" at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[edit] References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. "Richard Lippold (American sculptor) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/342973/Richard-Lippold. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Wired: Preserving the Installations of Richard Lippold", The New York Times, EVE M. KAHN, January 8, 2009
- ^ http://www.pencil-of-nature.net/artman/uploads/2003-08-13-01_orpheus.jpg
- ^ "HLS HLS Walking Tour: Harkness Graduate Center". Law.harvard.edu. 2005-02-15. http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/tour/harkness.php. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
[edit] External links
- Lippold in the Columbia Encyclopedia
- Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6
- The 1959 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Label by: Richard Lippold
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