Artwork Details
- Title
- Manuscript
- Artist
- Date
- 1960
- Location
- Dimensions
- 11 7⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 x 6 7⁄8 in. (30.2 x 39.3 x 17.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Seymour Lipton
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- iron/brazed with nickel-silver on limestone base
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 1978.127.1
Artwork Description
Lipton’s work explored a range of ideas including heroism, beauty, sexual conflict, and the mystery of birth and death. Manuscript depicts the struggle between law and violence throughout history. The curved layers of iron symbolize the paper on which laws are written and displayed. Lipton disrupted the smooth surface of the “paper” with a tangled mass of jagged metal, evoking the effect of violence within the human community.