Lot 321
  • 321

Alexander Archipenko

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Archipenko
  • Small Reclining Figure
  • Inscribed Archipenko, dated 1913 and numbered 12/12F
  • Bronze
  • Length: 12 in.
  • 30.4 cm

Provenance

Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Palm Beach
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above in 2002

Literature

Donald Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, illustration of another cast p. 69
Katherine Jánszky Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977, illustration of the plaster cast pl. 44
Donald Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, no. 15, illustration of another cast p. 53

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Attractive varied reddish brown patina. There are a few minor spots of accretion in crevices and pindot stains and scuffs throughout the surface. Otherwise, fine.
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