JACQUES LIPCHITZ (1891-1973, Lithuanian)
Homme assis à la clarinette II
Estimate: $550000 - 700000
Sold For:
$550,000 hammer
Description
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
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
1 – 4 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
02 8344 5404
Thursday 1 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 2 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 3 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 4 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
8 – 13 SEPTEMBER
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141
03 9832 8700
Thursday 8 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Friday 9 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Saturday 10 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Sunday 11 Sept. 1pm – 6pm
Monday 12 Sept. 11am – 6pm
Tuesday 13 Sept. 11am – 6pm