Homme assis \xE0\xA0 la clarinette II

JACQUES LIPCHITZ (1891-1973)

Homme assis \xE0\xA0 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
Private collection, United States
Australian Collectibles Trading Pty Ltd., Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 14 September 2011, lot 38
Private collection, Melbourne

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 Raisonn\xE9, Volume I, The Paris Years 1910 - 1940, London, 1996, no.108, p.217 (illus., p.55)

Related Works:
In 1919 Lipchitz drew up a series of approximately eight known works that were modelled in plaster, some of which were based upon human figures with instruments; after the war these plaster sculptures were placed in storage. Lipchitz later re-visited the works in the 1970s and completed them in marble and bronze as had been his initial intention. The present work, together with the two below mentioned works, form part of the group of eight related works.
Jacques Lipchitz, Arlequin à la Clarinette, marble, 112.5 cm height, conceived 1919 and carved 1971, sold Menzies, Sydney, 23 June 2011, lot 45, $842,727 (incl. buyer’s premium), private collection, Sydney
Jacques Lipchitz, Seated Bather, marble, 137.0 x 53.0 x 44.0 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: $500000 - 700000

Result Hammer: $550,000.00