Lot Essay
Pierre Levai has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Tête
Details
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
Tête
signed, numbered and marked with the artist's thumbprint 'J Lipchitz 1/7' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'MODERN ART FDRY N.Y.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and black patina
Height: 8½ in. (21.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1914
Tête
signed, numbered and marked with the artist's thumbprint 'J Lipchitz 1/7' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'MODERN ART FDRY N.Y.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and black patina
Height: 8½ in. (21.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1914
Provenance
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York (1964).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 12 May 1988, lot 251.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 12 May 1988, lot 251.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H.H. Arnason, Jacques Lipchitz, Sketches in Bronze, New York, 1969, pp. 6 and 35, no. 1 (another cast illustrated, p. 35).
J. Lipchitz and H.H. Arnason, My Life in Sculpture, New York, 1972, p. 23, no. 16 (another cast illustrated).
N. Barbier, Lipchitz, Paris, 1978, pp. 16-17 (painted plaster version illustrated).
A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years 1910-1940, London, 1996, vol. I, p. 40, no. 22 (another cast illustrated).
J. Lipchitz and H.H. Arnason, My Life in Sculpture, New York, 1972, p. 23, no. 16 (another cast illustrated).
N. Barbier, Lipchitz, Paris, 1978, pp. 16-17 (painted plaster version illustrated).
A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years 1910-1940, London, 1996, vol. I, p. 40, no. 22 (another cast illustrated).
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