Skip navigation

Main menu

  • What's on
  • Art & Artists
    • The Collection
      Artists
      Artworks
      Art by theme
      Media
      Videos
      Podcasts
      Short articles
      Learning
      Schools
      Art Terms
      Tate Research
      Art Making
      Create like an artist
      Kids art activities
      Tate Draw game
  • Visit
  • Shop
Become a Member
  • DISCOVER ART
  • ARTISTS A-Z
  • ARTWORK SEARCH
  • ART BY THEME
  • VIDEOS
  • ART TERMS
  • SCHOOLS
  • TATE KIDS
  • RESEARCH
  • Tate Britain
    Tate Britain Free admission
  • Tate Modern
    Tate Modern Free admission
  • Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
    Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Free admission
  • Tate St Ives
    Tate St Ives Ticket or membership card required
  • FAMILIES
  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • SCHOOLS
  • PRIVATE TOURS
Tate Logo
Become a Member
  • Art and Artists
  • Tate Archive
  • Collections of Digitised Archive Items
  • Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz
  • Correspondence
  • Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz
  • Correspondence between Alfred and Margaret Barr and Jacques Lipchitz
  • Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Alfred Barr

Jacques Lipchitz

Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Alfred Barr

4 July 1935

Page 1

Created by
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Date
4 July 1935
Show details

© Estate of Jacques Lipchitz

License this image

In Tate Britain

Library and Archive Reading Rooms

View by appointment
Created by
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Title
Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Alfred Barr
Date
4 July 1935
Description
Lipchitz informs Barr about the advancement of the commission: Mr.Howiller will melt the statue for 9.000 francs. He assures Barr, that he himself will do the 'carving and patina'.
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 897/1/1/32/1

Archive context

  • 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 Alfred and Margaret Barr and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/32 (4)
          • Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Alfred Barr TGA 897/1/1/32/1
Artwork
Close

Join in

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
Sign up to emails

Sign up to emails

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Tate’s privacy policy

About

  • About us
  • Our collection
  • Terms and copyright
  • Governance
  • Picture library
  • ARTIST ROOMS
  • Tate Kids

Support

  • Tate Collective
  • Members
  • Patrons
  • Donate
  • Corporate
  • My account
  • Press
  • Jobs
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Contact
© The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, 2025
All rights reserved