Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

477 c JACQUES LIPCHITZ Study for “Tree of Life.” Felt-tip pen and ink with pencil on tan wove paper, circa 1960. 320x243 mm; 12 1 / 2 x9 5 / 8 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto. Lipchitz’s (1891-1973) Tree of Life , an almost 20-foot bronze sculpture symbolizing the development of Judaism, was unveiled in 1978 after the artist’s death on the grounds of the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. One of his last creations, Lipchitz described the sculpture as the “crown of my work.” [2,000/3,000] 478 c ANDRÉ MASSON Study for “L’Aspiration.” Brush and ink and wash on cream wove paper, circa 1954. 303x220mm; 12x8 5 / 8 inches. Signed in brush and ink, lower right recto. Ex-collection Galerie Chereau, Paris; private collection, New York. This work is a study for Masson’s painting L’Aspiration , 1954, which sold at Sotheby’s, Parke-Bernet, Inc., New York, May 22, 1975, lot 635; Christie’s, New York, February 22, 1985, lot 89; and Sotheby’s, New York, October 2, 1991, lot 76. [1,500/2,500] 477 478