LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

length: 45? in.

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed with artist's signature, numbered 5/7 and with the artist's fingerprint

Condition:

Bronze with black patina. Dust in the deep crevices. There is some wear to the patina on the figure's head. Light verdigris at the left and right edges of the base, where the gazelles stand. Additional verdigris at the base behind the figure's feet. Light surface scratching and minor abrasion to the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.

Literature:

Sheldon Cheney, A Primer of Modern Art, New York, 1924, p. 71, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Jacques Lipchitz, A Life in Sculpture, 1990, no. 1, pp. 4 and p. 60, illustration of another cast Alan G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years 1910-1940, vol. I, London, 1996, no. 6, p. 37 and 114, illustration of another cast

Provenance:

Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York (acquired from the estate of the artist) Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1980) Christie's New York, 3 March 1994, lot 155 (consigned by the above) Christie's New York, 8 November 1995, lot 207 Acquired from the above by the present owner