Alexander Archipenko

Donald Karshan
Harold Diamond, New York
Private Collection, Michigan
Rachel Adler Fine Art, New York
Private Collection, Florida
Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above in 1999

(possibly) New York; Berlin; Dresden; Munich; Dusseldorf; Frankfurt; Paris, Tournée de l'Exposition de sculptures, sculpto-peinture, peintures, dessins de Alexandre Archipenko, 1921

Gallery Fritz Gurlitt, Alexander Archipenko: Zehnte Retrospektive Ausstellung: Skulpturen, Skulptomalerei, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Lithographien (exhibition catalogue), Berlin, 1922, illustration of another cast
Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Alexander Archipenko, Elfte retrospektive Ausstellung (exhibition catalogue), Frankfurt, 1922, illustration of another cast
Leipziger Kunstverein at Municipal Museum Leipzig, Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Leipzig, 1923, illustration of another cast
Erich Wiese, "Alexander Archipenko" in Junge Kunst, BAND 40, Leipzig, 1923, illustration of another cast pl. XIII
Kingore Gallery, The Archipenko Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), New York, 1924, illustration of another cast
Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings by Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Chicago, 1925, illustration of another cast
Anderson Galleries, Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), New York, 1928, illustration of another cast
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Teile I und II, Frankfurt, 1997, no. 134, illustration of another cast pp. 264-65

Rich dark brown patina. There's a small surface scratch outside of the figure's right thigh and a few other very small nicks and scratches throughout. Some minor surface dirt in crevices and a casting seam is visible around the figure's feet where the piece is joined to the base. Otherwise fine, this work is in very good condition.
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