| Hosted by | Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Details | To mark the installation of “Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks” at the Yale University Art Gallery, Jonathan D. Lippincott discusses the art fabricator Lippincott, Inc., based in North Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1966 by Jonathan’s father, Donald Lippincott, with Roxanne Everett, the company was the first of its kind, dedicated exclusively to collaborating with artists to realize large-scale sculpture. The studio transformed how monumental artworks could be fabricated, working with artists including Claes Oldenburg, Nancy Graves, Ellsworth Kelly, Marisol, Robert Murray, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, and James Rosati, among many others. Jonathan explores the company’s founding, its partnership-based business model, and the collaboration, creativity, and material expertise that flourished in North Haven. Jonathan also considers Oldenburg’s long professional relationship with Lippincott, Inc., focusing on the fabrication of Lipstick and the sculpture’s care and maintenance over the past 50 years. Introduction by Anne Turner Gunnison, the Alan J. Dworsky Senior Associate Conservator of Objects. Following the talk, join us for a reception and celebration of Oldenburg’s Lipstick, newly installed in the Gallery’s sculpture garden. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund. Jonathan D. Lippincott began his publishing career in 1994 at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, where he enjoyed 25 years as a book designer. Since 1999 he has also worked independently, as principal at Lippincott Book Design and as an art director, designer, and packager on a range of illustrated books and catalogues about fine art, architecture, landscape, and design. Lippincott is the author of two books, “Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s” and the monograph “Robert Murray: Sculpture.” |
| Admission | FREE |
| Location | Yale University Art Gallery |
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