Jacques Lipchitz

Marsden Hartley Sleeping

1942

Bronze-textured sculpted human head with closed eyes and slightly open mouth resting on a black pedestal.
Bronze-textured sculpted human head with closed eyes and slightly open mouth resting on a black pedestal.

Jacques Lipchitz, Marsden Hartley Sleeping, 1942. Bronze, overall: 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (29.5 × 20 × 26.7 cm) Overall (with base): 15 5/16 × 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (38.9 × 20 × 26.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Benjamin Sonnenberg 76.41a-b

Recto

Not on view

Date
1942

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (29.5 × 20 × 26.7 cm) Overall (with base): 15 5/16 × 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (38.9 × 20 × 26.7 cm)

Accession number
76.41a-b

Edition
5/7

Credit line
Gift of Benjamin Sonnenberg

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1282



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