Lot 30
  • 30

Jacques Lipchitz

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacques Lipchitz
  • Reclining figure with guitar
  • numéroté 4/7 et inscrit Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris
  • bronze
  • longueur : 24,5 cm ; 9 5/8 in.

Provenance

Succession de l'artiste
Vente : Sotheby's Olympia, 23 mars 2006, lot 247
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Literature

H. Harvard Arnason, Jacques Lipchitz: sketches in bronze, Londres, 1969, no. 151, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 44
Marlborough Gallery Inc., Jacques Lipchitz, Small Sculptures, Maquettes and Drawings 1915-1972, 1979, no. 6, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 7
Alan G. Wilkinson, Jacques Lipchitz: A Life in sculpture, Toronto, 1989, no. 151, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 97
Galería Marlborough, Esculturas, 1913-1972, Madrid, 1993, no. 9, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 21
Alan G. Wilkinson, The sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz. A catalogue raisonné, The Paris years 1910-1940, vol. I, Londres, 1996, no. 151, l'exemplaire conservé à l'Israël Museum de Jérusalem reproduit p. 65
Marlborough Gallery, Jacques Lipchitz: sculpture 1910-1940: the Paris years, New York, 1996, no. 28, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 26

Condition

The bronze has a golden brown patina. There are a few faint surface scratches and some light wear to the patina, predominately to the outer edges. There are a few minor spots of verdegris in places and some slight surface dust to the crevices. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

numbered '4/7' and inscribed 'Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris'; bronze. Conceived in 1923 in an edition of 7.