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Tanagra Motif
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Tanagra Motif
signed 'Archipenko' (on the top of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Guss Heinze-Barth' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast before 1920
Tanagra Motif
signed 'Archipenko' (on the top of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Guss Heinze-Barth' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast before 1920
Provenance
Gerd Rosen Gallery, Berlin, after 1945.
Acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenko plastisches oeuvre, vol. II, Frankfurt, 1997, no. 65 (another cast illustrated p. 151).
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale Room Notice
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.