Seymour Lipton

Thunderbird

1951–1952

Bronze abstract sculpture with twisted ribbon-like forms and a central sphere mounted on a tall black pedestal.
Bronze abstract sculpture with twisted ribbon-like forms and a central sphere mounted on a tall black pedestal.

Seymour Lipton, Thunderbird, 1951–1952. Bronze and steel, overall: 28 × 33 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (71.1 × 85.1 × 58.7 cm) Overall (with base): 75 3/8 × 33 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (191.5 × 85.1 × 58.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Wildenstein Benefit Purchase Fund 53.18

Recto

Not on view

Date
1951–1952

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze and steel

Dimensions
Overall: 28 × 33 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (71.1 × 85.1 × 58.7 cm) Overall (with base): 75 3/8 × 33 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (191.5 × 85.1 × 58.7 cm)

Accession number
53.18

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Wildenstein Benefit Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/2529

Part of a series:
Study for Thunderbird
1 work

Bronze abstract sculpture with twisted ribbon-like forms and a central sphere mounted on a tall black pedestal.


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