‘‘Sketch for ‘Joy of Life in the New World’ by Jacques Lipchitz‘, Jacques Lipchitz, [1935]‘, Jacques Lipchitz, [1935] – Tate Archive

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Created by: Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Title: Sketch for ‘Joy of Life in the New World’ by Jacques Lipchitz
Date: [1935]
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 310 × 230 mm
Description: Sketch is not signed , not titled and not dated. It depicts two or more interwining standing figures, with distinct hammer and sickle held by two hands. Most likely, it was made for the project of 'Joie de vivre dans le monde nouveau' [Joy of life in the new world], submitted for the competition at the 'Vsekokhudozhnik' in Moscow in 1935. See the set of photographs of this model for the same project: TGA 897/7/1/4/3-10.
Format: Artwork - on paper, unique
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 897/2/11