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OR HE MAY WISH TO TALK OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER, OR HIS CHILDHOOD MEMORIES...

HOST
We come now to a period of your work in which your expression is in the style called cubist-- almost architectural in its feeling, and very far removed from the human figure which is its original inspiration. This sharp, geometric style which developed in Paris, and was brought to so high a fulfillment in your work, is not always understood at once by those who see it. 

THEY HAVE WALKED TO MAN WITH GUITAR, 1916 (MUSEUM OF MODERN ART) OR, IF THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE (IT IS STONE) TO DANCER, 1915 OR BATHER, 1915. (THE HOST IDENTIFIES THE PIECE)

HOST (CTD)
What were you striving towards at this time? What was the mood of the artists in Paris in this period?

MR. LIPCHITZ RESPONDS AS HE WISHES. IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR HIM TO BE ON CAMERA THIS TIME, AS HE TALKS GENERALLY, ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL ESTHETIC OF THE TIME-- ABOUT WHAT HE CALLS THE ARTISTIC "ECLATMENT"; OR HE MAY WISH TO DISCUSS HIS CONCEPT OF "HEARING" IN REGARD TO WORK...