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YULLA LIPSCHITZ, American/German (1911-2003), Mermaids Peril, Bronze, foundry stamp, "Fonderia D' Arte Luigi Tommasi, Pietrasanta",...

YULLA LIPSCHITZ American/German (1911-2003) Mermaids Peril Bronze, foundry stamp, "Fonderia D' Arte Luigi Tommasi, Pietrasanta", signed. 19" H Provenance: Private collection, New York. Other Notes: Yulla Lipchitz, (American 1911-2003) Photographer, Artist Sculptor,known as YULLA, born in Berlin in an Orthodox Jewish family, secretly took sculpture classes. With her first husband she escaped the Nazis in 1938. Around 1950 She married sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. Having devoted herself to his career, she began sculpting again after his death in 1973. Later, for health reasons she immersed herslf in photography for which she became better known during her lifetime. [Pierre Anthony Galleries. Web. 27 Aug. 2014.]