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- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Title
- Sketch of a man and a lion by Jacques Lipchitz
- Date
- [1935–6]
- Medium
- Blue and black ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 265 × 207 mm
- Description
- Sketch is signed but not titled or dated. Both figures, human and animal, are distinct. Animal has four legs, man holds two front ones in his hands. The whole composition resembles classical group 'Hercules and lion', but can be preparatory for 'Prometheus killing vulture'. DIGITISATION.
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by Rubin Lipchitz, March 1989; the cataloguing and selective digitisation of this archive collection was supported by Mr Timm Bergold, 2023
- Reference
- TGA 897/2/12
Archive context
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
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- Artworks TGA 897/2 (23)
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- Sketch of a man and a lion by Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/2/12