Lot 336
  • 336

Jacques Lipchitz

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacques Lipchitz
  • Biblical Scene II
  • Inscribed J. Lipchitz, numbered 2/7 and with the artist's thumbprint
  • Bronze
  • Height: 19 3/4 in.
  • 50.1 cm

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dvorkin, Brookline, Massachusetts (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 18, 1984, lot 191A)
Private Collection, Narberth, Pennsylvania (and sold: Freeman's, Philadelphia, May 5, 2013, lot 27)
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jacques Lipchitz and Philadelphia, 2004, no. 37

Literature

Jacques Lipchitz & H.H. Arnason, My Life in Sculpture, New York, 1972, illustration of another cast p. 185
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The American Years, 1941-1973, vol. II, New York, 2000, no. 448, illustration of another cast p. 51

Condition

Rich dark brown patina. There are scattered pindot accretions throughout and particularly in the deeper crevices. The cast is particularly crisp and overall the work is in excellent condition.
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