Richard Lippold

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Richard Lippold (3 May 1915–22 August 2002) was an American sculptor, known for his geometric constructions using wire as a medium. Lippold was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and worked as an industrial designer from 1937 to 1941. After he became a sculptor, Lippold found himself on several university faculties, including that of Hunter College at the City University of New York, from 1952 to 1967.

His major works include:

• "Ad Astra," at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
• "Aerial Act," at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut
• "Orpheus and Apollo," at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City,[1]
• "Sun," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which includes more than two miles of gold wire
• "World Tree," within the Walter Gropius-designed Harvard Graduate Center at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]

The 14th and 15th of John Cage's famous Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano are subtitled Gemini - after the work of Richard Lippold.

[edit] External links

• Lippold in the Columbia Encyclopedia

[edit] References

• Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6