Schuler · Lot 7016
Man in a top hat
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Mann mit Zylinder
pastel
Catalogue period : 2018-06-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Ossip Lubitch
Born : 1896Died : 1990
Ossip Lubitch’s career spans painting, graphic arts and the performing arts. In Berlin, he creates theatrical sets with Tchelitchev and Pougny for the Opera, the Deutsches Theater and the Blue Bird Theatre; he also works in film with Lazare Meerson. In 1923, a commission to decorate a Montmartre cabaret leads him to settle in Paris, where he earns a living designing interiors for cabarets, restaurants and apartments.
In Montparnasse, he frequents the circle of Swiss painters and spends extended periods with Cuno Amiet. His graphic work includes printmaking, pastel and watercolour. In the early 1930s, the circus becomes a recurring subject: clowns, dancers and harlequins offer him a field for rhythmic variations. In 1934, he publishes a group of works on this subject in the album Le Cirque, comprising ten etchings with aquatint and published by Les Quatre Chemins.
Interned at Drancy during the war, Lubitch secretly draws men, women and children in the camp. These drawings are later bequeathed to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem and to the collection of Beit Lohamei Haguetaot, near Haifa. His work is shown at the Galerie Aktuaryus in Zurich in 1935, followed by a retrospective organised by Galerie Zack in 1948. In 1950, Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec exhibits his work in drawing, printmaking, pastel and watercolour. The source also mentions an exhibition at Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1967, followed in 1983 by exhibitions at the Salons de la Rose-Croix and Galerie Colette Dubois. In 1976, P. J. Balbo publishes a retrospective collection of his drawings and washes.
This profile brings together identity references for Ossip Lubitch and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
5 references are documented at Schuler, DognyAuction, Germann, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
DognyAuction
Clown
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Clown
pastel
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–800
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Clown
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Clown
pastel
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–800
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Germann
Flowers
Oil on wood
Original catalogue wording
Fleurs
Öl auf Holz.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Piguet
Vue d'un village
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Vue d'un village
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 450 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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- Reference record
- LoC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
- Documentary source
SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19