ART DECO BRONZE HARLEQUIN SCULPTURE 1920-30's SAMUEL LIPCHYTZ

Description: BEAUTIFUL BRONZE CASTING OF A FRENCH CLOWN. BRONZE BASE IS 3 1/4" X 1 1/2" - MARBLE BASE IS 4 1/4" X 3". CLOWN IS 6 3/4" TALL TO TIP OF FINGERS ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND. SCULPTED BY SAMUEL LIPCHYTZ. READ HIS BIO BELOW. HE WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED AT THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP AUSCHWITZ IF YOU SEARCH YOU CAN FIND SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE SOLD IN THE PAST FOR MUCH MORELipszyc grew up in Łódź and moved to Paris around the turn of the century, where he lived in the artist colony La Ruche and completed his studies.Here he initially turned to marble sculpture, with which he soon achieved fame. In 1912 he brought his 14-year-old brother Morice Lipsi to Paris and instructed him in carving.Lipszyc worked with bronze, onyx and exotic woods. He also created furniture with decorative inlays. During the Art Deco period , he made chryselephantine statuettes , which often represented dancers.During the German occupation of France in World War II , Lipszyc was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp and murdered there in 1943. LIPCHYTZ - Samuel (Lipszyc) 1880 - 1943.Born in the Polish provinces of Imperial Russia. He travelled to Berlin and then to Paris to practice his art. He lived in La Ruche the famous artists studio in Montparnasse, where all the vibrant artists of the time hung out. His brother Morice also became a very famous artist and his name was modified to Lipsi. Both brothers worked in ivory and in bronze, but Samuel also produced items made of marble and wood. He was also a furniture maker who inlaid ivory crustaceans into his work. Samuel Lipszyc (* 1880 in Pabianice , Congress Poland , Russian Empire ; † 1943 in Auschwitz concentration camp in the part of Poland annexed by the German Empire ) was a Polish sculptor Please inspect pics as they are part of description. SHIPPED PRIORITY WITH INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE REQUIRED

Price: 299.99 USD

Location: North Hills, California

End Time: 2024-08-21T06:10:55.000Z

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