Artist: Jacques Lipchitz (Lithuanian/French/American, 1891-1973).
Title: "Composition avec des instruments".
Medium: Papier colle (collage), oil, gouache, and charcoal painting on board.
Date: Composed c1918-20.
Dimensions: Overall size: 5 3/4 x 8 in. (146 x 203 mm). Image size: 5 3/4 x 8 in. (146 x 203 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed upper right, recto; signed in blue chalk, verso; collector ink stamp, verso. Painted on four-ply artist's board. Condition: the recto is in fine shape with no condition issues to report; the verso is in good condition. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to:
[email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Lipchitz worked primarily as a sculptor and his paintings are very scarce/rare, e.g. Artprice.com has 694 sculptures in its database and only 15 paintings. This makes it difficult to estimate the value of a work of his at auction. In addition, we were unable to locate any auction records of a collage work by him. So, the closest comparable that we could find is “Composition à la guitare,” oil on cardboard, 7 7/8" x 11," c1918-1920, sold for $64,685 (€54,600) including premium at Artcurial, Paris, 11/28/2017, lot #159. Image copyright © The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz. [30215-1-40000]
