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- Berthe Lipchitz
- Recipient
- Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
- Title
- Letter from Berthe to Jacques Lipchitz
- Date
- 23 July 1916
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- 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 897/1/1/254/7
Description
Letter sent to Piquey, where Jacques Lipchitz was medically treated. Berthe talks about her bad mood and bad dreams. She adds the description of the exhibition, the same she spoke about in her previous letters:
'The opening [vernissage] was yesterday, but nobody knew this gang [of artist], that's a shame.' Also 'Brancusi does not display his work there, but Orlova does, but I am not sure yet. Vasilieva displayed among others some dolls and has already sold one to Matisse for 60 francs. Matisse is commissioning to her his portrait as a doll. They tell that "voiles Irenes" is better than Yastrebtsova. You will see. I am writing all this from the words of Vasilyeva. She sat down with us yesterday in the Rotunda. They say that there has never been such a gorgeous exhibition in Paris'.
Archive context
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
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- Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
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- Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1 (183)
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- Correspondence from Berthe to Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/254 (2)
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- Letter from Berthe to Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/254/7