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Lot 91: Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz, Head of a Child

Est: R15,000 ZAR - R20,000 ZARSold:
Strauss & CoIllovo, South AfricaJune 01, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz, Head of a Child, signed; dated 1934, inscribed with the artist's name, title, literature details and 'Exhibited at the S.A.N. Gallery Retrospective 1968' on a label adhered to the underside, carved sandstone, height: 15cm

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Ashbey's Galleries, Cape Town, Lippy Lipschitz, 1936, catalogue number 9; 1937, catalogue number 16Gainsborough Gallery, Johannesburg, Lippy Lipschitz, 1943, catalogue number 8; 1946, catalogue number 13; 1951, catalogue number 11; 1954, catalogue number 12Argus Gallery, Cape Town, Lippy Lipschitz, 1944, catalogue number 16; 1947, catalogue number 17; 1959, catalogue number 3Durban City Art Gallery, Durban, Lippy Lipschitz, 1944, catalogue number 14Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, September 1963, catalogue number 4South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Lippy Lipschitz Retrospective, 1968, catalogue number 26

Literature

Arnott, Bruce. (1969) Lippy Lipschitz: A biographical commentary, & documentation of the years 1903-1968, Cape Town: A.A. Balkema. Illustrated on page 77, plate 74.

Provenance

Die Kunskamer, Cape Town

Auction Details

South African and International Art

by
Strauss & Co
June 01, 2015, 04:00 PM CAT

The Wanderers Club, Illovo Ballroom, 21 North Street, Illovo, Johannesburg, 2196, ZA