The Song of the Vowels
- Title:
- The Song of the Vowels
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Lipchitz, Jacques (French sculptor, 1891-1973, active in the United States)
- Donor:
- Uris, Harold David, 1905-1982
Uris, Percy, 1899-1971
- Photographer:
- HC Howland
- Date:
- 1931-1932
- Acquisition Date:
- 1962
- Image Date:
- 2010-07-08
- Location:
- Between Uris and Olin Libraries, Cornell University
- Country:
- France
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0792
- Accession Number:
- W84-179.5
- File Name:
- artsdb_0792.jpg
- Culture:
- French
- Style/Period:
- Cubism
- Work Type:
- outdoor sculpture
- Materials/Techniques:
- bronze
- Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- View of statue from southeast
- Measurement:
- 10 (including base) (feet, height)
- Description:
- "The Song of the Vowels. Gift of Harold D. Uris and Percy Uris 1962." Artist J. Lipchitz. Between Uris Library and John M. Olin Library.
Jacob Lipchitz (1891-1973) was born Chaim Jacob Lipchitz in Druskininkai, Lithuania, and later became a French citizen. - Repository:
- Cornell Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.