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Letter from Carl Einstein to Jacques Lipchitz

23 December 1928

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Carl Einstein 1885–1940
Recipient
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Title
Letter from Carl Einstein to Jacques Lipchitz
Date
23 December 1928
Description
Carl Einstein, the editor of 'Documents' informs Lipchitz that an article on him will be published very soon in relation to the exhibition of modern sculpture. They would like to print a full page image of Lipchitz's 'Femme noire' ('Black woman').
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Rubin Lipchitz, March 1989; the cataloguing and selective digitisation of this archive collection was supported by Mr Timm Bergold, 2023
Reference
TGA 897/1/1/138/1

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  • Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
    • Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
      • Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1 (183)
        • Correspondence between journal ‘Documents’ and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/138 (4)
          • Letter from Carl Einstein to Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/138/1
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