COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus: Large Version
Image View:
Side view
Creator:
Jacques Lipchitz (French sculptor, 1891-1973)
Location:
repository: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, Missouri, United States) 2000.14
Date:
1964-1966 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Cubist; Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
179.5 x 59 x 134 in
Subjects:
abstraction or non-objective; animals; contemporary (1960 to present); mythology (Classical); horse; Pegasus; horse tamer
Description:
Lipchitz's sculpture depicts the Greek hero Bellerophon wrestling with the winged horse Pegasus, whose hooves, wings and tail radiate in all directions. The tangle of bodies stands precariously atop a base that looks like a giant railroad spike. The story of Bellerophon represented the dominance of man over nature, according to Lipchitz. In Greek mythology, Bellerophon tamed Pegasus with a golden bridle from the goddess Athena and with the horse's help accomplished a series of tests Zeus had assigned him. [The second of two castings stands in front of the Law School at Columbia University, information from their site.]
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
6A1-LJ-BTP-A3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus: Large Version
