Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Flat torso
Details
Alexander Archipenko (American, 1887-1964)
Flat torso
signed 'Archipenko' (on the edge of the bronze base)
bronze with an irregular grey patina
38 cm. high (excl. marble base); 47.5 cm. high (incl. marble base)
Conceived in 1914 and cast during his lifetime.
Flat torso
signed 'Archipenko' (on the edge of the bronze base)
bronze with an irregular grey patina
38 cm. high (excl. marble base); 47.5 cm. high (incl. marble base)
Conceived in 1914 and cast during his lifetime.
Literature
I. Goll, Archipenko, New York 1920 (marble version illustrated p. 2).
I. Goll, T. Daubler & B. Cendrars, Archipenko Album, Potsdam 1921, no. 1 (another cast illustrated on frontispiece).
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin 1923, p. 13 (marble version illustrated pl. 20).
A. Elsen, Origins of modern sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, pp. 111-112 (another cast illustrated pl. 132).
K. Janzsky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1963, New York 1977, p. 34 (another cast illustrated pl. 49).
D. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky 1985, nos. 26a-c, p. 58 (the variants illustrated pp. 74-75).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Vol. II, Werkverzeichnis, Frankfurt am Main 1997, no. 59, p. 134-137 (the marble version illustrated)
I. Goll, T. Daubler & B. Cendrars, Archipenko Album, Potsdam 1921, no. 1 (another cast illustrated on frontispiece).
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin 1923, p. 13 (marble version illustrated pl. 20).
A. Elsen, Origins of modern sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, pp. 111-112 (another cast illustrated pl. 132).
K. Janzsky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1963, New York 1977, p. 34 (another cast illustrated pl. 49).
D. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky 1985, nos. 26a-c, p. 58 (the variants illustrated pp. 74-75).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Vol. II, Werkverzeichnis, Frankfurt am Main 1997, no. 59, p. 134-137 (the marble version illustrated)
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Sale room notice
Please note that the Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
Please note that the work is cast during the artist's lifetime.
Please note that the work is cast during the artist's lifetime.