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- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Title
- Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to unknown
- Date
- 8 September 1937
- 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 897/3/1/2/47
Description
Lipchitz writes to an official asking to pay him 7.000 francs 'to fix the damage', for some requested alterations, and also deinstallation, transportation and reinstallation of his statue ['Prometheus'].
Full text (in translation):
'My Dear Friend,
After this evening conversation I can confirm that for the considerable amount of work that needs to be done on my sculpture I will need 7000 Francs. I commit to fix the damages made to the sculpture while it was being installed and deinstalled, to transform it so that it can stay outside while it's finally being repainted. All of this requires a lot of time and work with some help. As you can see the price I'm asking isn't exorbitant.
Looking forward to reading you my friend, with all my best wishes.'
Archive context
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
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- Business papers TGA 897/3 (60)
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- Exhibitions TGA 897/3/1 (60)
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- ‘Exposition Internationale’, Paris (1937) TGA 897/3/1/2 (26)
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- Draft letter from Jacques Lipchitz to unknown TGA 897/3/1/2/47