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See more items in: Jacques Lipchitz papers and Bruce Bassett papers concerning Jacques Lipchitz; Jacques Lipchitz papers and Bruce Bassett papers concerning Jacques Lipchitz / Series 1: Jacques Lipchitz papers

Sponsor: Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by The Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation, Inc.

Collection Citation: Jacques Lipchitz papers and Bruce Bassett papers concerning Jacques Lipchitz, circa 1910-2001, bulk 1941-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note: A few additional rough sketches, often on the backs of envelopes or letters, are scattered throughout Lipchitz's correspondence (Subseries 1.2). Similar sketches are found in some of his diaries (Subseries 1.3). This series has been scanned in its entirety.

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Scope and Contents note: Sketches by Lipchitz consist of pencil drawings on the back of an envelope and drawings in ball point pen on two small slips of paper. The geometric designs by an unidentified artist are rendered in ink on two sheets of graph paper.

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