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Online-Only Auction, 25 May - 1 June 2020

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Sold for

ZAR 70 350
Lot 362
  • Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz; Torso


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 350

About this Item

South African 1903-1980
Torso

signed

burnt marble, on a wooden stand
height: 24cm, including stand; stand: 6,5cm

Provenance

The Joe Wolpe Collection

Exhibited

Argus Gallery, Cape Town, March 1944, Lippy Lipschitz, number 39

Durban City Art Gallery, Durban, September 1944, Lippy Lipschitz, number 72

South African National Gallery, Cape Town, December 1968, Lippy Lipschitz, number 32

Literature

Bruce Arnott. (1969) Lippy Lipschitz: A biographical commentary, & documentation of the years 1903-1968, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Illustrated on page 85, plate 92.

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