Peace on Earth
Artist
Jacques Lipchitz
(American, born Lithuania, 1891 - 1973)
Date1969
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 131 × 51 × 42 inches (332.74 × 129.54 × 106.68 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Elmer F. Pierson Foundation
Object numberF72-20
Edition/State/Proofone of seven castings
On View
On viewGallery Location
- Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park
Collections
Gallery LabelPeace on Earth incorporates themes and motifs that Lipchitz had been exploring for 20 years. The knotted masses at the base represent prima materia, the raw matter from which all things emerge. Progressing upward are depicted: the Lamb of God, angels, the Virgin Mary and ultimately the Holy Spirit, in the traditional form of a dove. Peace on Earth is an optimistic work expressing the transformation of flesh into spirit. Its broader, underlying theme of metamorphosis occupied Lipchitz throughout his career.
With Jane Wade, Ltd., New York, NY, by 1972;
Purchased from Jane Wade, Ltd. By The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.
Ross
E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook
of the Collection, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City: William R.
Nelson Trust, 1973), 219, (repro.).
Copyright© Estate of Jacques Lipchitz, courtesy, Marlborough Gallery, New York
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