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Modern Discoveries
Property from an Important Private Collection, Connecticut
Alexander Archipenko
Madonna of the Rocks
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March 16, 04:52 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, Connecticut
Alexander Archipenko
1887 - 1964
Madonna of the Rocks
inscribed with the artist's signature, numbered 2/6 and dated 1912; stamped with the foundry mark Modern Art Foundry New York N.Y.
bronze
height: 21½ in.
54.5 cm.
Conceived in 1912; this example executed in 1961 as number 2 in an edition of 6.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Frances Archipenko Gray.
Perls Gallery, New York
Private Collection (by 1965)
Acquired by 1987 by the present owners
Alexander Archipenko Foundation, Alexander Archipenko Catalogue Raisonné, fig. S.11-02, no. 2958, http://archipenkocr.org/ (accessed on March 9, 2023)