Fine Paintings and Sculpture

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Jacques Lipchitz (French, 1891-1973)

Samson Fighting the Lion

Signed with the artist’s fingerprint, monogram,

and numbered “...106/210” on the reverse,

identified on a presentation plaque l.c.

Bronze with dark brown patina, 6 x 3 x 2

1/4 in. (15.2 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm), mounted to a

wooden plinth.

Condition: Dust to the interstices.

$800-1,200

588

Kahlil George Gibran (American, 1922-

2008)

Walking Man, 1958

Stamped “K.GIBRAN” on self-base.

Brazed iron wire, height 15 in. (38.1 cm).

Condition: Dust and dirt, natural distress to

finish.

Literature: Sculpture, Kahlil Gibran, with a

foreword by Dr. Evan H. Turner (Boston: The

Bartlett Press, 1970), pp. 30-1 (illus.).

N.B. The lot is accompanied by a letter from

Kahlil Gibran from 1997 providing an appraisal

for the sculpture and by a copy of the

monograph Sculpture, Kahlil Gibran (in which

the sculpture is illustrated) signed and dated

“Kahlil Gibran/1971” in ink on the front page.

$2,000-3,000

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