Richard Lippold

Primordial Figure

1947–1948

Tall thin geometric metal sculpture with wire diamond shapes standing on a square copper base.
Tall thin geometric metal sculpture with wire diamond shapes standing on a square copper base.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1947–1948

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Brass and copper wire

Dimensions
Overall: 95 5/16 × 19 9/16 × 17 3/16 in. (242.1 × 49.7 × 43.7 cm)

Accession number
62.27

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art and Charles Simon

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Richard Lippold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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