Jacques Lipchitz: career timeline

French · 1891–1973 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 55 of 88 lots (64% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Jacques Lipchitz: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1910s	5	5	$57.1kSign up	Sculpture
1920s	7	5	$35.8kSign up	Sculpture
1930s	8	6	$8.2kSign up	Sculpture
1940s	10	8	$1.2kSign up	Etching
1950s	7	5	$10.2kSign up	Sculpture
1960s	10	8	$475Sign up	Lithograph
1970s	7	5	$252Sign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $57.1kSign up
Average: $349kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 23 in (100 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1912 Pregnant Woman$44.8kSign up
1914 Harlekýn$896Sign up
c. 1918 Nature morte aux instruments de musique$57.1kSign up
c. 1919 Homme Assis à la Clarinette II 1971 (conceived 1919-20)$743kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1919 Homme Assis à la Clarinette II 1971 (after a 1919-20 plaster)$897kSign up

1920s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $35.8kSign up
Average: $44.3kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 6.5 in (24 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1921 Reclining Woman: Maquette No. 2$3.8kSign up
1922 Musical Instruments with Basket of Fruit and Grapes$102kSign up
1923 Étude pour un Bas-Relief - Reclining Figure with GuitarUnsold
1926 Seated Harlequin with Mandolin$35.8kSign up
1926 Harlequin with Accordion$54.2kSign up
1929 Woman Leaning on a Column: Maquette No. 1Unsold
1929 Encounter$25.7kSign up

1930s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $8.2kSign up
Average: $49.8kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 6 in (18 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5), Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Cattle & animals (1)

1930 Mother and Child$261kSign up
1932 Head and Crossed Arms$7kSign up
1932 Head and Crossed Arms$9.4kSign up
1932 Bull and Condor: Maquette No. 1$13kSign up
c. 1933 Wrestlers, Sketch for Sculpture, circa 1933$1.3kSign up
1933 Study for PastoraleUnsold
1933 Study for PastoraleUnsold
1933 Head, Hair and Hands$6.7kSign up

1940s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $13.1kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 12.5 in (40 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Etching (4), Sculpture (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 - ''Couple et Enfant''-Unsold
1940 Study for the Flight$1.3kSign up
1942 VariationUnsold
1942 Myrrah$25.8kSign up
1942 Study for Theseus$3.8kSign up
1942 Study for Spring$1.2kSign up
1945 Theseus and the Minotaur$655Sign up
1945 Chemin de l'exile$552Sign up
1945 Theseus and the Minotaur$975Sign up
1948 Hagar I$70.3kSign up

1950s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $10.2kSign up
Average: $9.4kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 11.5 in (43 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1951 Variation on a Chisel XX: Dancer$10.2kSign up
1951 Sketch for Biblical Scene$1kSign up
1955 Reclining Figure$7.4kSign up
1958 Oceanide$12.9kSign up
1958 Galapagos IUnsold
1958 Miraculous Catch$15.5kSign up
1958 Galapagos IIIUnsold

1960s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $475Sign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 20 in (57 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (7), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (5), Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1960 Peace on Earth, 1960s$200Sign up
1962 The Tower and its Shadow$6.4kSign up
1962 The Bull and the Condor$765Sign up
1962 The Bull and the Condor$625Sign up
1963 Head of a Woman$9kSign up
1965 Untitled, from The Flight Portfolio, printed in 1965, published in 1971, colorResult not published
1967 The Horse$189Sign up
1967 The Horse$325Sign up
1967 The Horse$228Sign up
1967 First study for peace on heartResult not published

1970s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $252Sign up
Average: $260Sign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 17.5 in (65 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

1970 UntitledResult not published
1971 Sin título, del portafolio Árbol de la VidaUnsold
1972 Tree of Life$325Sign up
1972 Tree of Life$219Sign up
1973 Aus: Hommage à Picasso$289Sign up
1973 Ohne Titel (Hommage à Picasso)$213Sign up
1973 Aus: Hommage à Picasso$252Sign up

Creation date not recorded

30 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $4.8kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 3.5 in (11 × 9 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 (French 1891-1973)$4.8kSign up · sold 2×

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

Sold: 11 of 13
Median: $400Sign up
Average: $142kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Sculpture (4), Drypoint (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1), Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2010 Muž s gitarou$136Sign up
sold 2010 Akt s podopretou rukou$339Sign up
sold 2011 Arlequin à la Clarinette$886kSign up
$Jacques Lipchitz, Homme assis \xE0\xA0 la clarinette II$ sold 2013 Homme assis \xE0\xA0 la clarinette II$661kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2013 Untitled$200Sign up
sold 2014 The Bull and the Condor$400Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 PROMETHEUS, color lithograph$140Sign up
sold 2016 L'ultimo abbraccioUnsold
sold 2018 - Composition-Result not published
sold 2018 Untitled$123Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$1.1kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2019 Untitled (Nude)$4.1kSign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works

Sold: 12 of 16
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (34 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Other (3), Lithograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Dancer with Hood$3kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 - ''Nude and Cock''-$550Sign up
sold 2021 Senza titolo$439Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled (from the Flight portfolio)$438Sign up
sold 2021 ORIGINAL GILT BRONZEResult not published

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2021 ORIGINAL GILT BRONZEResult not published
sold 2022 Senza titolo$583Sign up
sold 2022 The Terrified One$12.5kSign up
sold 2023 Samson Fighting the Lion$938Sign up
sold 2023 ' W 8'Result not published
sold 2023 Jewish Museum Study$2.8kSign up

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jacques Lipchitz auction results →