Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
JACQUES LIPCHITZ | MOTHER AND CHILD
Auction Closed
June 30, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
JACQUES LIPCHITZ
1891 - 1973
MOTHER AND CHILD
incised with the artist's name, thumbprint and number 6/7 and stamped with the Modern Art foundry mark
bronze
55 by 36 by 37¾ in. 140 by 91.4 by 95.9 cm.
Executed in 1930, this work is number 6 from an edition of 7 cast by the Modern Art Foundry, New York.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Pierre Levai.
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. I, London 1996, cat. no. 255, p. 200, illustrated
Cathy Pütz, Jacques Lipchitz: The First Cubist Sculptor, London 2002, cat. no. 42, p. 43, illustrated
Miriam Silver, "Best of Shows," The Press Democrat, October 2000, p. 16Q, illustrated
"Celebrating Modern Art," USA Today, November 2000, p. 43, illustrated