Nature morte. 1918 /19.
Bronze relief with greenish brown patina.
Wilkinson 76. With the artist's monogram in lower left. From an edition of 7 known copies. 55.8 x 70 x 3 cm (21.9 x 27.5 x 1.1 in).
This is a lifetime cast made in Paris in 1918/19. Other copies of this work are at, among others, the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
- From a notable private collection.
- Particularly early work from the artist's Cubist period from 1915 to 1919
- Lifetime cast - cast in Paris in 1918/19.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Prof. Dr. A. M. Hammacher, Brussels on January 29, 1992, as well as with a copy of his written confirmation dated February 2, 1992, and a copy of a written confirmation issued by Mrs. Yulla Lipchitz, New York, from November 29, 1995.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Paris.
Collection of Marie-Claire Cotinaud, Paris.
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin.
Private collection Lower Saxony (acquired from aforementioned in 2008).
EXHIBITION: Kreuzfahrt 1900-2000. Bilder aus einem Jahrhundert, Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, November 18, 2000 - January 27, 2001, cat. no. 74.
LITERATURE: Haftpflichtverband der deutschen Industrie (editor), Kunst im HDI. Ein Seh- und Lesebuch in drei Kapiteln, Hanover 2002, p. 19 (with illu.).
"Limportance historique du relief reside dans son style reflet didées esthétiques des deux artistes, Lipchitz et Gris."
Prof. Dr. A. M. Hammacher, art historian and author of the monograph "Jacques Lipchitz. His Sculpture" about this work here, February 2, 1992.