Lot 385
  • 385

Alexander Archipenko

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Archipenko
  • White Torso
  • inscribed Archipenko
  • painted terracotta
  • height (not including base): 48.5cm., 19in.
  • height (including base): 63cm., 24 6/8 in.

Provenance

Elizabeth & Charles McLean, Illinois (acquired in the late 1950s-early 1960s)
Treadway Gallery, Ohio
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Hans Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, no. 22, illustration of another example n.p.
Maurice Raynal, A. Archipenko, Rome, 1923, illustration of another example pl. 12 (titled as Torse Rose)
Carl Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1928, illustration of a bronze example pl. XXXVIII (titled as Weiblicher Torso)
Alexander Archipenko (ed.), Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, illustration of another example pl. 221
Alexander Archipenko, A Memorial Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, 1967-69, illustration of another example no. 30
Katherine J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977, illustration of another example pl. 70
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, no. 33, illustration of a bronze example p. 84
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Œuvre, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, vol. II, no. 77, illustration of another example p. 173

Condition

Lovely smooth surface. There are very minor nicks and scuffs to the surface, consistent with age and handling. This work is in overall very good condition.
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