Alexander Archipenko

Perls Gallery, New York
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1962)
Phyllis Hattis Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993

Alexander Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, illustration of another cast pl. 187
Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute (exhibition catalogue), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. & Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, 1986-87, fig. 39, illustration of another cast p. 82
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Zweiter Teil, Frankfurt, 1997, no. 262, illustration of another cast p. 447
Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, 2008-09, no. 87, illustration of another cast p. 149

This work is in excellent condition with a rich blue-green variegated patina. 1/4 inch hairline scratch to the back of the figure's left arm. Some minor surface abrasions and minor wear consistent with age. This work is accompanied by a wooden base.
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