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856 LIPPY LIPSHITZ PAPERS
Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
Received
via the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, 1986 and 1989, 1993.
A.
BIOGRAPHICAL
A1
Biographical
articles and curriculum vitae
A2
Notes
on Lippy Lipshitz' diaries by Neville Dubow
B.
DIARIES
B1.1-B1.5
Diaries,
1920-1932
B2.1-B2.3
Transcriptions
of diaries, 1920-1936
C.
LETTERS
C1
Lippy
Lipshitz to his wife Rachel, 1928-1967.
Includes some letters to his daughters.
C2
Letters
to various people, including drafts, notes for a speech, etc:
1.
Draft
of letter to the "Guardian", n.d
2.
Letter
to Cecil Higgs, 9.6.1938
3.
Notes
for a speech - a tribute to Hans Katz
4.
Letter
to Eleanor Lorimer, 11.3.1963
5.
Three
letters to Rhoda and Issy, 1953, 1963,1980
6.
Letter
to Mr Goosen, Suid-Afrikaanse Adademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 28.9.1964
7.
Incomplete
letter to Maurice van Essche, 29.7.1975
8.
Letter
about his carved panel "Le Cinema", to Mr Lock Whitney, who had
acquired it, 29.10.1979
C3
Letters
from Rachel to Lippy Lipshitz, 1936-1966
C4
Letters
from Lippy Lipshitz to his daughters Leonore and Tony, and from them to
him c.1936-c.1945
C5
Letters
to Millie Levy, 1936-1970
D.
LETTERS
RECEIVED
D1
From
Walter Battiss, c.1945-1956 and 1964
D2
From
Cecil Higgs, c.1938-1948 and p.c. 1965
D3
From
David Lewis and Theo Townshend, c.1947
D4
From
Rupert Shephard, 1963-1980
D5
From
Maurice van Essche, 1942, 1951, 1962-1976
D6
Letters
received from various people, 1928-1986, including: Ruth Alexander, 1929;
Bruce Arnot, 1962, 1979 and 1980;
Gregoire Boonzaaier, c.1940; Carl Buchner, 1964;
Dennis Hatfield Bullough, 1980;
Bruno Capacci, 1932 and 1966;
Peggy Delport, 1970; John
Dronsfield, 1942 and 1943; Neville
Dubow, 1966, 1971 and 1986; Russel Harvey, 1929;
Elsa Dziomba, 1940; Lorraine Edelstein, c.1963-1981;
Meyer Fortes, 1935 and 1936; R
Graetz, c.1936-1941; Bill Gravett, 1943-1980;
Katrine Harries, 1966; Anton
Hendriks, 1939-1950; Werner
Hilber, 1 letter, 1 p.c. and 1 phot. c.1930;
May Hillhouse, 1965-1979; Alastaire
Jackson, 1964; Nesto
Jacometti, 1932-1936; Ben
Jaffe, 1936 and 1970; Harold
Jeppe, 1963; Konyar, 1929; Valerie Leigh, 1967-1976;
Eleanor K Lorimer, 1963; Philip
Millin, 1941; Zelda Nolte, 1967 and 1978;
Merle Osrin, 1976-1980; John
and Beryl Paris, 1974-1986; Prof O Pryce Lewis, 1961;
Patricia Rae, 1968-1979; Wren
Sargent, 1942; Louis Segal,
1944; ? Silberberg, 1970;
Edwine Simon, 1979; Cecil
Skotnes, 1962; Maud Sumner,
1943; Harry Trevor, c.1940
and c.1945; Hilda Wasserfall, 1976
E.
MISCELLANEOUS
Includes:
1.
Bookplate
for Victor S Glasstone, by Lippy Lipshitz
2.
Yevgeny
Yevtushenko, "Babi Yar". A poem
3.
Report
on the Union of South Africa's participation in the 28th Venice
Biennale, June-October 1956
Also
included are some photographs of cousins(?) and two reviews, as well as
the diary of A Walker, c.1917-1918, kept while he was serving with the
British army in France.
F.
SCRAPBOOKS
Three
books of clippings covering Lippy Lipshitz' exhibitions from 1930-1973. ca
700 items
G.
DRAWINGS
ETC
No
of items
Received
from Lippy's daughter, Mrs Tony Caspi, who has listed the items, and
annotated a number of them.
G1
Some
of Lippy's earliest study drawings in charcoal.
Sketch
in charcoal for sculpture Love and the Soul
6
G2
Early
wood-cuts
10
G3
Sketches
for the Aigha Marina monotypes 1966-1967
102
G4
Sketches
of Greek sculptures
Book
1
123
Book
2
85
G5
Aquagraphs
Monotypes
Drawing
Pictorial
letter
12
G6
Drawings
for sculpture Mother and Child
Pencil
and ink sketches of people and scenes in Cape Town
26
G7
Miscellaneous
- Paris, Cape Town 1932-1939-1947.
People
- colour drawings and watercolours, crayon and mixed media.
Sculpture
studies of Eve and Jacob's Ladder.
Early
drawings 1923, 1925
42
G8
Biblical
drawings in ink and wash 1938
Drawings
for Virgil's Eclogues 1955
Africans
in Livingstone Hospital,Port Elizabeth, 1958
Portrait
of my Aunt Buna 1923
Portrait
of my Mother 1941
40
G9
Early
self-portraits in mixed media
49
G10
Visions
in Rocks : Drawings for the monotypes 1953, drawn at Fish Hoek, CP
Sketches
for Zeus, Alghina, Greece 1966
Huge
Rock - Fantasy, drawing 1973
Thumbnail
idea for the German Settlers'
Memorial,
Port Elizabeth 1960
46
G11
Etchings
and drypoints from 1934 : Artist's Reference Collection . A .(see note
inside front cover re the value and importance of these prints)
115
G12
Sketches
for the series of monotypes Rural Israel in Monotype sketched in 1974 in
Israel, completed in 1975 in Cape Town. (see note inside front cover, by
Lippy himself, describing these items and the process of their coming into
being)
112
G13
Drawings
in pencil of nudes, Cape Town 1953-1957, also including some of 1947
40
H.
PHOTOGRAPHS
H1
Photographs
of Sculptures etc
H1.1
The
Washerwoman - photo John Reader
H1.2
Lippy
and Wrestling Forms - photographed in Lippy's studio by Jansje Wissema,
1949
H1.3
The
All - Seeing Eye - photo Jansje Wissema, 1950
H1.4
Lippy
in studio with cat
H1.5
Lippy,
John Boonzaaier and ?
photographed in the garden by SPIX International on 9 June 1977
H1.6
Side
view of Lippy - 1936
H1.7
Sea
Nymph
H1.8
From
The Muses, a combination photograph by John Reader
H1.9
Lippy
as a child, with his tennis racquet.
H1.10
Lippy
in Millie and Matthew Levy's house
H1.11
Sea
- nude
H1.12
Mother
and Daughter - owned by Lippy's daughter Leah Bettman of Kibbutz Barkai
H1.13
Lippy
with group of friends (artists?)
H1.14
Lippy
in studio with sculptures, with Jacob and the Angel in the background
14
H2
Photographs
and Monotypes
H2.1
The
Shoe (monotype)
H2.2
A
Man (monotype)
H2.3
Lot's
Wife (sculpture)
H2.4
The
Muses (section of a panel)
H2.5
African
Eve (sculpture)
H2.6
Child's
Head (sculpture)
H2.7
Lot's
Wife (sculpture)
H2.8
Child
(sculpture)
H2.9
Lippy
and sculpture
H2.10
Lippy
and sculpture in profile
H2.11
Child's
Head (sculpture)
H2.12
Bust
of Lippy's granddaughter, Michal
H2.13
Lippy,
photographic portrait
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