Pair of Andirons

Jacques Lipchitz (American (born in Lithuania, also active in France), 1891–1973)

French

about 1928

Medium/Technique Gilt bronze, iron

Dimensions Overall (1986.5): 37 x 27 x 58 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Overall (1986.6): 37 x 27 x 57.9 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/8 x 22 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow, Frederick Brown Fund, Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection, Otis Norcross Fund, Gift of Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, Bequest of G. B. Upton, and Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, by exchange, and Gift of Charlotte F. and Irving W. Rabb

Accession Number1986.5-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope

ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionA pair of gilt-bronze andirons, supported by wrought iron supports at back and in the form of stylized geometric doves. See also 1986.4, a mantelpiece with identical to birds, facing each other.

Provenance1928, original commission by Jacques Doucet (b.1853 – d.1929) for the Cabinet de l'Orient, in his residence in Neuilly, France; 1929, at Doucet's death, presumably by inheritance to his wife, Jeanne Roger Doucet, Neuilly. Acquired from a private collection by Brame et Lorenceau, Paris [see note 1]; 1986, sold by Brame et Lorenceau to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: January 22, 1986)

Notes:
[1] According to information provided by Brame et Lorenceau to the MFA (December 6, 2002).