Lot 402
  • 402

Jacques Lipchitz

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacques Lipchitz
  • Still Life
  • Inscribed JLipchitz, numbered 5/7, stamped with the foundry mark Modern. Art. Fdry. N.Y. and with the artist's thumbprint
  • Bronze
  • 22 by 28 in.
  • 55.9 by 71 cm

Provenance

Acquired by 1992

Literature

Lipchitz, The Cubist Period, 1913-1930 (exhibition catalogue), Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York, 1968, illustration of another cast n.p.
Jacques Lipchitz, The Cubist Period 1913-1930 (exhibition catalogue), Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1987, no. 20, illustration of another cast p. 44
Alan G. Wilkinson, Jacques Lipchitz, A Life in Sculpture, Toronto, 1989, no. 27, illustration of another cast p. 8
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1996, no. 76, illustration of another cast p. 49
Jacques Lipchitz, Collections du Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne et du Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy (exhibition catalogue), Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2004-05, illustration of another cast n.p. 

Condition

The work has a mottled and slightly uneven dark golden brown and light green patina. Plaster residue is present in the deepest crevices and overall the relief is dirty. There are some faint surface scratches as well as some inherent deeper textural aberrations. The work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Pierre Levai.