Woman with Braid

Gallery 267a, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

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Woman with Braid

1914

Jacques Lipchitz (American (born Lithuania), 1891–1973)

Woman with Braid was inspired by the daughter of a local fisherman on the Spanish island of Majorca. As Lipchitz recalled, she "always wore her hair in a long braid with a cloth sewn over half of it, perhaps to protect her clothes from the oil she used in her hair." The combined frontal and profile views of the woman's body and face suggest the artist's interest in both Cubism and non-Western art forms, such as Egyptian relief sculpture. This work was the first by Lipchitz to be displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, when it was included in the 1940 Sculpture International exhibition.

Gallery 267a, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Woman with Braid

Date:

1914

Artist:

Jacques Lipchitz (American (born Lithuania), 1891–1973)

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

32 7/8 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (83.5 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Bequest of Margaretta S. Hinchman, 1955

Accession Number:

1955-96-2

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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Gallery 267a, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor

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