Dimensions: object: 980 x 280 x 180 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Jacques Lipchitz, courtesy, Marlborough Gallery, New York | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Let's turn our attention to this striking sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz. It's simply titled "Sculpture" and resides here at the Tate. Editor: It feels…almost like a monument, but stripped back, abstracted. A ghost of a monument, maybe? Stark and upright. Curator: Lipchitz explored Cubism and abstraction, moving away from direct representation. You can really see it in his deconstruction of form here. What does that mean for public reception, I wonder? Editor: I see the influence. It's as if the stone itself is wrestling with an idea, a feeling trying to break free from the solid block. There is a lot of tension here. Curator: Absolutely. It's a powerful example of how Lipchitz pushed the boundaries of sculpture. Editor: It makes me think about the possibilities of art and how different views may change or affect it.
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Lipchitz described works such as this one as 'abstract architectural sculptures'. He wrote that during this period he was 'building up and composing the idea of a human figure from abstract sculptural elements of line, plane and volume'. This indicates that, in spite of its abstraction, the work was based on the upper part of a human figure, seated at a table. Lipchitz would have made an original clay model of the work, which a professional stone-carver would probably copy to produce the final work. Gallery label, August 2004
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