Study for "Loom"
Seymour Lipton
1965
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View on museum website →Medium
black conté crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.94 × 21.59 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Estate of Seymour Lipton)
Accession Number
2015.19.2964
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...