Sower
1960
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View on museum website →Medium
nickel silver on Monel
Dimensions
overall: 67.3 x 111.8 x 35.6 cm (26 1/2 x 44 x 14 in.) accessory size: 9.5 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm (3 3/4 x 20 x 10 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1987.35.1
About the Artist
Seymour Lipton
Seymour Lipton (1903–1986) was born in New York City to a candy-store owner and grew up in the Bronx, where his early fascination with art and nature took root amid tenement life near farmland. Sketching from age 12 and active in his high school art club, Lipton initially heeded his parents' wishes by pursuing dentistry. He attended City College briefly, then earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery from...