© Estate of Jacques Lipchitz
Currently not on view
Prometheus Strangling the Vulture,
1943
Jacques Lipchitz, 1891–1973; born Druskieniki, Lithuania; died Capri, Italy; active Paris, France, and Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
y1966-201
Information
Title
Prometheus Strangling the Vulture
Dates
1943
Maker
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
93 x 61.5 x 90 cm (36 5/8 x 24 3/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Cornelia McNamara for the Class of 1929
Object Number
y1966-201
Signatures
Numbered and signed, top right edge rectangular plinth, back of Prometheus' right foot and forward of vulture's tail: 1/7 Lipchitz
Marks/Labels/Seals
Thumbprint top center edge of rectangular plinth, back of Prometheus' right foot and forward of vulture's tail
Culture
Materials
Subject
- "Acquisitions 1965 and 1966," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 26, no. 1 (1967): p. 2, 19-32., p. 31
- Sculpture of a city: Philadelphia’s treasures in bronze and stone, (New York: Walker Pub. Co., 1974). , p. 344; fig. 3
- Jacques Lipchitz, small sculptures, maquettes and drawings, 1915-1972, (New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1979)., no. 36; p. 14 (illus.)
- Alan G. Wilkinson, Jacques Lipchitz: a Life in Sculpture, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1989)., p. 125, no. 90
- Alan G. Wilkinson, The sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A catalogue raisonné, (London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996-2000)., p. 34; no. 379
- Michael R. Taylor, Jacques Lipchitz and Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2004)., p. 130; no. 90
