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JACQUES LIPCHITZ (French, 1891-1973)
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Pierrot Assis, 1922
Lead
32 cm high
Signed and dated on the back
This sculpture was created and cast by the artist in 1922. It is the original cast with his name and address on a label inside the sculpture, in his writing.
Copies of letters between Lipchitz and Ray Stark discussing the sculpture also accompany this piece. It is also illustrated in situ in a 10 page feature about the Stark collection in the Architectural Digest issue of December 1986. A copy of this magazine can accompany the sculpture.
Provenance:
Private collection, New York; Fran and Ray Stark Foundation.
Exhibition History:
2004, Cubism and Neo-Classicism: Paris 1910 - 1950, Whitford Fine Art, London
Literature:
The present sculpture relates to catalogue numbers 136 and 137 published in A. WILKINSON. The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné. Volume One: The Paris Years, 1910-1940, London, 1996; Architectural Digest, Dec 1986, ill. p. 176 in an article on the Fran and Ray Stark Collection. |
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