‘‘Sketch ‘Prometheus Killing Vulture’ by Jacques Lipchitz‘, Jacques Lipchitz, ��1935–42��‘, Jacques Lipchitz, ��1935–42�� – Tate Archive

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Created by: Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Title: Sketch ‘Prometheus Killing Vulture’ by Jacques Lipchitz
Date: ��1935–42��
Medium: Wash and bodycolor on lined paper
Dimensions: 200 × 170 mm
Description: Sketch is not signed, not titled and not dated. Dates are derived from the known evidences, such as Lipchitz's autobiography, saying when he was working on the sculpture. Sketch depicts the group of a standing man and a vulture from the front. Judging by the page lining and paper quality sketches TGA 897/2/11-17 were originally drawn on sheets of the same school notebook. DIGITISATION.
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 897/2/19