Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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PROPERTY FROM A CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Standing Concave (Glorification of Beauty)
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Standing Concave (Glorification of Beauty)
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 9/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 19½ in. (49.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1925; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Standing Concave (Glorification of Beauty)
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 9/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 19½ in. (49.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1925; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1971.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1971.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pl. 226 (another cast partially illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 45 (another cast illustrated, p. 72, pl. 103).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 128, no. 68 (another cast illustrated, p. 129).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 45 (another cast illustrated, p. 72, pl. 103).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 128, no. 68 (another cast illustrated, p. 129).