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Study for Altar #1
Artist
Seymour Lipton
(American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1963
MediumCrayon on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/2 x 10 15/16 in. (21.6 x 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of James and Barbara Palmer
Object number2001.18.247
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameDrawing
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom left quadrant: Lipton 63
Exhibition HistoryAn American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton, Palmer Museum of Art, January 20–June 4, 2000; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 24–August 27, 2000; University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, October 21–December 17, 2000; Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, January 30–April 8, 2001; Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, August 28–November 25, 2001; Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA [as Seymour Lipton Sculpture: Post-War America in Three Dimensions], January 18–April 12, 2002
ProvenanceJames R. and Barbara R. PalmerPublished ReferencesLori Verderame, An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton (exh. cat.) (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 1999), 118 (ill., no. 77).