Lot #20

Jacques Lipchitz
Couple II

bronze
signed on the base
9 x 8 x 4.75 in ( 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.1 cm ) ( overall including the base )

Bidding has concluded on this item.
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00$8,000.00 - $10,000.00
Price Realized: $11,520.00
Provenance:
The Artist
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1948
Christie’s, auction, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 488
Estate of Robert Noakes
Exhibited:
"Jacques Lipchitz, Early Stone Carvings and Recent Bronzes", Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, March-April 1948, no. 21
"The Rosen Collection", Baltimore Museum of Art, July-September 1952
"4000 Years of Modern Art", Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, February-March 1953
"Modern Art for Baltimore", Baltimore Museum of Art, February-March 1957
"Homage to Jacques Lipchitz", Baltimore Museum of Art, May-July 1974
Literature:
H.A. Arnason, "Sketches in Bronze", New York, 1969, a terracotta version illustrated, no. 133
The Selma & Israel Rosen Collection, Baltimore, 1986, illustrated
A.G. Wilkinson, "Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné: The American Years 1941-1973", London, 2000, vol. II, no. 411, page 251

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Jacques Lipchitz
(1891-1973)