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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • Portrait photograph of Richard Lippold

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches, digital image

  • Date

    undated

  • Summary

    The image shows Lippold with his work "Variations Within a Sphere, Number 10: The Sun" (1953-1956), part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

  • Depicted

    Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002

  • Subject

    Artists; Artists, Portraits; Portraits; Sculptors; Sculpture

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Highlights from the Leo Baeck Institute's John D. Schiff Collection, DM 343

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Biographical/Historical Information

Richard Lippold started his career as an industrial designer, but soon started to construct geometric sculptures, often using wire as his medium. Born in Milwaukee and educated in Chicago, he moved to New York City, where he taught at CUNY’s Hunter College.

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Citation

Schiff, John: Portrait photograph of Richard Lippold, Leo Baeck Institute, F DM 343 020.