Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Torso
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Torso
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 63 2/8' (on the back of the right leg)
bronze with blue-green patina
Height: 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1963
Walking Torso
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 63 2/8' (on the back of the right leg)
bronze with blue-green patina
Height: 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1963
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner, February 1964.
Literature
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 115, no. 76 (another cast illustrated, p. 102, pl. 163).
W. Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modernen Plastik, Berlin, 1980, no. 180 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 606, no. 351 (another cast illustrated, p. 607).
W. Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modernen Plastik, Berlin, 1980, no. 180 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 606, no. 351 (another cast illustrated, p. 607).
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