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Rape of Europa II
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Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973)
Rape of Europa II
signed 'J. Lipchitz' and with the artist's thumbprint (on top of the base); with the foundry mark 'BEDFORD.BRONZE.FDRY. N.Y.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.)
Length: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Depth: 13 in (33 cm.)
Conceived circa 1938 and cast in bronze in an edition of seven
Rape of Europa II
signed 'J. Lipchitz' and with the artist's thumbprint (on top of the base); with the foundry mark 'BEDFORD.BRONZE.FDRY. N.Y.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.)
Length: 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Depth: 13 in (33 cm.)
Conceived circa 1938 and cast in bronze in an edition of seven
Provenance
Otto Gerson Fine Art Associates, New York.
William and Virginia Booth Vogel, Milwaukee, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1994, lot 263.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 9 December 1999, lot 323.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
William and Virginia Booth Vogel, Milwaukee, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1994, lot 263.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 9 December 1999, lot 323.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Raynal, Jacques Lipchitz, Paris, 1947 (another cast illustrated).
R. Goldwater, Lipchitz, Amsterdam, 1954, no. 17 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, New York, 1954, p. 62 (another cast illustrated).
I. Patai, Encounters, The Life of Jacques Lipchitz, New York, 1961, no. 33 (another cast illustrated).
A. Lerner, ed., The HIrshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, New York, 1974, no. 481, p. 340 (another cast illustrated p. 339).
A. G. Wilkinson, Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, The Paris Years 1910-1940, New York, 1996, no. 343, p. 225 (another cast illustrated p. 213).
K. de Barañano, Jacques Lipchitz, The Plasters, A Catalogue Raisonné 1911-1973, Bilbao, 2009, no. 246, p. 345 (the painted plaster version illustrated).
R. Goldwater, Lipchitz, Amsterdam, 1954, no. 17 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, New York, 1954, p. 62 (another cast illustrated).
I. Patai, Encounters, The Life of Jacques Lipchitz, New York, 1961, no. 33 (another cast illustrated).
A. Lerner, ed., The HIrshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, New York, 1974, no. 481, p. 340 (another cast illustrated p. 339).
A. G. Wilkinson, Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, The Paris Years 1910-1940, New York, 1996, no. 343, p. 225 (another cast illustrated p. 213).
K. de Barañano, Jacques Lipchitz, The Plasters, A Catalogue Raisonné 1911-1973, Bilbao, 2009, no. 246, p. 345 (the painted plaster version illustrated).
Exhibited
Special Notice
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