PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST COAST COLLECTION
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
Mardi Gras
Details
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
Mardi Gras
signed and stamped with foundry mark 'J Lipchitz C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Conceived in 1926; unique
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (by 1954).
Fine Arts Associates, New York.
Josephine and Walter Buhl Ford II, Detroit (acquired from the above, December 1955); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2006, lot 312.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years 1910-1940, New York, 1996, vol. I, pp. 74 and 220, no. 192 (illustrated, p. 74).
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Minneapolis, The Walker Art Center and The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, May 1954-March 1955, p. 91 (illustrated, p. 42).
Sale Room Notice
Please note the correct number for this lot is 346. It is incorrectly noted in the catalogue as lot 356.
Lot Essay
Pierre Levai has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.