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- Paris Exposition Internationale 1937
- Recipient
- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Title
- ‘Lettre de commande’ from ‘Paris Exposition Internationale 1937’
- Date
- 2 October 1936
- Description
- Contract with details of the commission, including deadlines (1 April 1937), theme of the sculpture ('L'Esprit de la Decouverte', first title was 'La Decouverte Scientifique'); measurements (4 meters hight) and the price (30,000 francs).
- 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 897/3/1/2/6
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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- ‘Lettre de commande’ from ‘Paris Exposition Internationale 1937’ TGA 897/3/1/2/6