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- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Recipient
- Pierre-Olivier Dubaut 1886 – 1968
- Title
- Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut
- Date
- 5 February 1950
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- 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 897/1/1/142/55
Description
Letter only, no envelope. Contains offensive language: Lipchitz uses the word 'negro'.
Includes a letter sent by Jacques Lipchitz, he writes from his bedroom and says he's being lazy after a full week of work. He mostly writes about art and various exhibitions; he mentions Theodore Gericault, Henri Matisse and Claude Monet [spelled wrong]. He also writes about art sale and how he doesn't have time to go to most of them, he mentions buying a painting for twenty dollars. He also writes about his daughter and how he loves seeing her becoming a 'Mademoiselle'. Also, includes a small sketch.
Archive context
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
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- Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
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- Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1 (183)
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- Correspondence between Pierre Dubaut and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/142 (40)
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- Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut TGA 897/1/1/142/55