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Rape of Europa II
Details
Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
Rape of Europa II
signed, numbered and with artist's thumbprint 'JLipchitz 3/7' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Length: 21 7/8 in. (55.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1936-1941; this bronze version cast by 1955
Rape of Europa II
signed, numbered and with artist's thumbprint 'JLipchitz 3/7' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Length: 21 7/8 in. (55.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1936-1941; this bronze version cast by 1955
Provenance
Otto Gerson Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1955.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1955.
Literature
A.M. Hammacher, Jacques Lipchitz, His Sculpture, New York, 1960, p. 171 (another cast illustrated, pl. 60; titled Rape of Europa).
K. de Barañano, Jacques Lipchitz, The Plasters, A Catalogue Raisonné 1911-1973, Bilbao, 2009, p. 344, no. 245 (painted plaster version illustrated in color).
K. de Barañano, Jacques Lipchitz, The Plasters, A Catalogue Raisonné 1911-1973, Bilbao, 2009, p. 344, no. 245 (painted plaster version illustrated in color).