Jacques Lipchitz

Lot Description Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) Composition cubiste signed and dated 'JLipchitz' (lower left) gouache over pencil on panel 13 x 9¼ in. (33 x 23.5 cm.) Painted in 1918 Provenance Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris. Marlborough-Godard, Montreal. Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1965. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CANADIAN FAMILY View Lot Notes > Pierre Levai has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Lot Description Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) Hagar dans le désert signed, numbered, stamped with foundry mark and with artist's thumbprint 'JLipchitz 1/7 FONDERIA D'ARTE LUKI TOMMASI PIETRASANTA' (on the top of the base) bronze with black and brown patina Height: 65 in. (165 cm.) Length: 70¾ in. (179.7 cm.) Conceived in 1969 Provenance Private collection, Florida; Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 449. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR Literature A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonné, The American Years 1941-1973, London, 2000, vol. II, p. 258, no. 669 (another cast illustrated, p. 100). View Lot Notes > Following his escape from France in 1941 to America, Lipchitz turned often to Jewish ceremonial and historical subjects. In the present powerful sculpture, Lipchitz depicts the biblical story of Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Unable to conceive, Sarah encourages Abraham to have a child with Hagar. Once Hagar becomes pregnant with her son Ishmael, however, she is treated poorly by Sarah and flees. Cast out into the desert without water, Hagar, in her despair, heard an angel's voice that roused her to hope and in a vision was shown the spring that was her salvation. Here Lipchitz has imagined the motherly protection of Hagar as she offers her child comfort and refuge in her arms. She looks heavenward for aid with a mixture of despair and hope. The enlarged limbs and rhetorical gestures, angular forms, and roughly modeled surfaces of Hagar dans le désert convey the passion of the unremitting human struggle for existence. Lipchitz conceived of Hagar and her son in a series of three finished sculptures: the first two were created in 1948 and 1949, but the third, Hagar dans le désert, was not completed until 1957. The present enlarged version was the last monumental bronze Lipchitz created.

LOT 506 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS JACQUES LIPCHITZ 1891-1973 PIERROT ASSIS Inscribed J. Lipchitz, dated 1924 and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue Bronze Height: 12 3/8 in. 31.5 cm Conceived in 1922 and cast in 1924, this is the only known bronze cast of this form.

Lot 90 Jacques Lipchitz French, 1891-1973 Prometheus Strangling the Vulture , 1936 Signed J. Lipchitz , dated 1936 and stamped with the C. Valsuani Cire Perdue foundry mark Bronze with brown patina Height 17 inches (43.2 cm) C Collection of Judith Leiber Estimate $25,000-35,000 The patina is even with very little wear. No scratches or dings. Very good condition. The bronze is accompanied by a stone plinth. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

LOT 37 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MILTON GINSBURG JACQUES LIPCHITZ 1891 - 1973 SCULPTURE (FEMME ASSISE) Inscribed with the signature J Lipchitz, with the artist's thumb print and numbered 5/7 Bronze Height: 45 in. 114.3 cm Conceived in 1916 and cast during the artist's lifetime.