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Jacques Lipchitz
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description
- Jacques Lipchitz
- Standing figure
- Signed Lipchitz, numbered 2/7 and impressed with the artist's thumbprint
- Bronze
- Height: 40 1/2 in.
- 103 cm
Provenance
Landau Fine Art, Montreal
Acquired from the above
Literature
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Lipchitz, The Cubist Period, 1913-1930 (exhibition catalogue), New York, 1968, no. 21, illustration of another cast
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume One, The Paris Years, 1910-1940, vol. I, New York, 1996, no. 46, illustration of another cast p. 44
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume One, The Paris Years, 1910-1940, vol. I, New York, 1996, no. 46, illustration of another cast p. 44
Condition
Golden brown patina. Surface is slightly dirty. Minor nicks and scratches to surface. Minor, pin-head sized dots of loss to patina in crevices. Otherwise fine, in good condition.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Abraham Hammacher writes of the artist's early work in sculpture, "Between 1913 and 1928 we find in Lipchitz's work -- which is never pedantically one-sided but always ready to explore new possibilities -- an elaboration, in three dimensions and relief, of the spirit, not the letter, of Cubism. The works of 1915 and 1916 are so geometric that they border on abstraction. Curves are reduced to a minimum, and vertical lines dominate... Everything is formulated concretely and clearly. A rhythmical, almost architectonic, sense of space underlies these new figures... We find in Lipchitz, creatively concentrated, the sense of touch as well as the sense of space, an intelligent understanding of structure as well as of shape" (A. M. Hammacher, The Evolution of Modern Sculpture, Tradition and Innovation, New York, 1969, p. 159).