Dr. Irving Lipton was instrumental in developing the careers of leading figures in wood art and bringing attention to their work. As these individuals in turn had a major impact on the field, Dr. Lipton’s value as a patron of the arts was invaluable.

“I viewed writing “A Cutting Edge, Contemporary Wood Art and the Lipton Collection” to be a tremendous responsibility,” says the book’s author, Kevin Wallace. “Dr. Lipton’s legacy was so intimately intertwined with the legacies of the artists, and I sought to accurately record the history of the contemporary wood art field.” Toward this end, Wallace created a work that is essentially an oral history of the field of contemporary wood art, told by the artists who created the field, and with commentary by museum curators and directors.

From his first acquisitions, Dr. Lipton saw the importance of sharing the works. At any given time, large numbers of works from the collection were touring internationally. He ultimately donated a large portion of his collection to a number of organizations and institutions. The largest number of works are divided between five museums across the United States: The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Yale University Art Gallery.

• hard cover ISBN – 978-0-9819933-2-4
• soft cover ISBN – 978-0-9819933-3-1
• Published by Fine Arts Press
• written by Kevin Wallace
• hard cover format: clothbound with dustjacket
• dimensions: 9.5″ x 12″
• 216 page plus cover / over 220 color plates
• publication year: 2011
• soft cover: $35
• hard cover: $48
• soft cover order number: FAP-120 S
• hard cover order number: FAP-120 H

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