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Study for Bond
1986 · black crayon on white paper
Sheet: 21.6 x 28 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Seymour Lipton
1903
SculptureSurrealismAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
51
Works in Collection
78
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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- • Surrealism
- • Abstract Expressionism
- • Expressionism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Five Sculptures from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Art Lending Service Retrospective
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
About
Why this artist matters now
Seymour Lipton was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist but focused on sculpture from 1932. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel-silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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