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Jacques Lipchitz

1891–1973

Study for Hagar 1948
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Jacques Lipchitz (22 August [O.S. 10 August] 1891 – 26 May 1973) was a Cubist sculptor. Lipchitz retained highly figurative and legible components in his work leading up to 1915–16, after which naturalist and descriptive elements were muted, dominated by a synthetic style of Crystal Cubism. In 1920 Lipchitz held his first solo exhibition, at Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie L'Effort Moderne in Paris where he was counted as part of the School of Paris. Fleeing the Nazis he moved to the US and settled in New York City and eventually Hastings-on-Hudson.

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Artworks

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  • Jacques Lipchitz Head

    1915, later cast
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    Jacques Lipchitz Reclining Woman with Guitar

    1928, cast 1950s
  • Jacques Lipchitz Study for Monument to ‘The Spirit of Enterprise’

    1953
  • Jacques Lipchitz Study for ‘Prometheus’

    1936
  • Jacques Lipchitz Sculpture

    1915–16
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    Jacques Lipchitz Portrait of Gertrude Stein

    1938
  • Jacques Lipchitz Sketch for ‘Bellerophon Taming Pegasus’

    1964
  • Jacques Lipchitz Sketch for ‘Government of the People’

    1967–8
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Sketches, letters, etc.

  • Jacques Lipchitz, recipient: Pierre-Olivier Dubaut Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut

    [July 1936]
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    Jacques Lipchitz Sketch ‘Prometheus Killing Vulture’ by Jacques Lipchitz

    [1935–42]
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    Collection owner: Jacques Lipchitz Journal ‘L’Academie Julian’

    January 1911
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    Unknown Photographer ‘Portrait of Francette Trintin’

    1940
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