Maquette No. 1 (also known as Sketch for a Figure), Study for Ploumanach and Ploumanach
21.6 cms x 10.8 cms x 706.12 cms (8.5 ins x 4.25 ins x 8.5 ins)
Initialed, editioned 1/7 and inscribed "'cire perdue" / "busato" / "paris" and on verso signed and certified by the artist's thumbprint
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "October 2017 Online auction" held on Thu, Oct 26, 2017.
Lot 306
Lot 306
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $25,000
Realised: CAD $18,750
Realised: CAD $18,750
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto.
Private Collection, Montreal (acquired from the above in 1975)
Literature:
B. Van Bork, Jacques Lipchitz: The Artist at Work, 1966, the terracotta version reproduced page 157
H.H. Amason, Jacques Lipchitz: Sketches in Bronze, 1969, page 14, another cast reproduced page 58, plate 24
A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years, 1910 - 1940, vol. I, 1996, another cast reproduced page 77, catalogue #203
Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto.
Private Collection, Montreal (acquired from the above in 1975)
Literature:
B. Van Bork, Jacques Lipchitz: The Artist at Work, 1966, the terracotta version reproduced page 157
H.H. Amason, Jacques Lipchitz: Sketches in Bronze, 1969, page 14, another cast reproduced page 58, plate 24
A.G. Wilkinson, The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonné, The Paris Years, 1910 - 1940, vol. I, 1996, another cast reproduced page 77, catalogue #203
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.