David and Goliath, 1933

ArtistJacques Lipchitz, Druskininkai 1891–1973 Capri

Plaster, painted with shellac

(H x W x D)104,1 × 63,5 × 96,5 cm

Status

on display, room 026

About the workThe swastika on the chest of the gasping figure of Goliath in this fight scene makes it clear where the artist’s sympathy lies. Jacques Lipchitz brought the story of David and Goliath from the Jewish Torah into his present in order to take a stand against the rise of fascism. He kept this plaster version in his possession all his life. The Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation donated it to the Kunstpalast in 2013 – a gesture that cannot be appreciated highly enough in view of the antisemitism currently being witnessed in many parts of Germany.

AccessionGift of the Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation, Inc., 2013

ProvenanceBis 1973 im Besitz des Künstlers bzw. im Besitz der Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation Inc., New York (gegründet 1962); 2013 erworben durch Schenkung der Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation Inc., New York, zu Ehren von Dan und Cary Bronner

Inventory number0.mkp.2013.10

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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