Bronze sculpture, an abstracted assemblage of slender writhing figures inspired by nature with an upwardly sweeping energy; signed "Yulla" on the base; with foundry mark; 26 x 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
Lipchitz was born in Germany, where she grew up in a strict Jewish Orthodox family. After fleeing Nazi Germany with her first husband and two youngest children in 1938, she settled in Cincinnati. The marriage ended in the early 1940s, and Yulla started a new chapter. She moved to New York and met sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, whom she married. Their circle of artist friends included Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder. Yulla also was a great collector of antiques and artifacts. After her husband's death in 1973, Yulla dove more emphatically into her own sculptural work. Both pieces offered here are from this period, before the physical toll of working in bronze gave way to her next passion: photography.
