Pacific Bird

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Pacific Bird by Seymour Lipton  1961

Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. Lipton was interested in art as an adolescent. Although his high school teachers wanted Lipton to pursue art, his parents encouraged him in his decision to study electrical engineering at the Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute and later to pursue a course of study in the liberal arts at New York’s City College. After college, Lipton continued his education in the field of dentistry. In 1927, Lipton graduated from Columbia University’s dental school and shortly thereafter established a successful practice in his native New York City.

His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel-silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms.

Much of his art addresses the themes of flight, nature and war.

This piece, nickel-silver on monel metal, was commissioned by Golden Gateway Commons, for their public space.