Homme assis à la clarinette II

JACQUES LIPCHITZ (1891-1973, Lithuanian)

Homme assis à la clarinette II

grey marble
139.5 x 58.5 x 49.5 cm
signed under base: J. Lipchitz
conceived in 1919-20 and executed in 1971
This work is unique
Pierre Levai has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Provenance:
Yulla Lipchitz, United States
Private collection, United States
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., United States
Private collection, United States, 1998
Christie's New York, 6 November 2008, lot 6, estimate $500,000 - 700,000 USD
Private collection, United States
Australian Collectibles Trading Pty Ltd

Exhibited:
Jacques Lipchitz Retrospective, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1977
Jacques Lipchitz: The Cubist Years, Marlborough Galleries, New York, 1980

Reference:
Hammacher, A. M., Lipchitz in Otterlo, Otterlo, 1977, no.5 (illus.)
Wilkinson, A., The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, The Paris Years 1910 - 1940, London, 1996, no.108, p.217 (illus., p.55)

Related Works:
Jacques Lipchitz, Seated Bather, marble, 137.2 x 53.3 x 43.8 cm, 1970-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pablo Picasso, Harlequin, 1915, oil on canvas, 183.5 x 105 cm, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, illus. in Palu I Fabre, J., Picasso Cubism (1907-1917), Könemann, Barcelona, 1990, pl.1384, p.455

Estimate: $550000 - 700000

Result Hammer: $550,000