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- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Title
- ‘De l’orientation’ by Jacques Lipchitz
- Date
- [1927–73]
- Format
- Document - writings
- 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 897/5/1/10
Description
Text titled 'De l'orientation'. The old title was 'La vie est a vous'. The text starts with the phrase: 'De tout temps dieux et hommes s'acharnaient sur Promethee'. It ends with a quote from Juan Gris: '"Donnez-moi une branche d'appui et je chanterai comme un oiseau" and a long sentence by Lipchitz: "Appuyons nous sur la vie, et chanterez nos plaintes et nos espoirs, nos degats et nos triomphes pour la plus grande gloire de l'Homme'. The whole text treat the predestination of an artist and the meaning of art, with examples of some classical and modern painters.
Archive context
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
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- Writings TGA 897/5 (12)
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- Writings by Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/5/1 (9)
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- ‘De l’orientation’ by Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/5/1/10