Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this bronze in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1965)
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signed and numbered 'Archipenko 3/12 F' (on the top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'MODERN ART FOUNDRY.NEW YORK' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm.)
Conceived in 1932; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Ma Méditation
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 3/12 F' (on the top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'MODERN ART FOUNDRY.NEW YORK' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm.)
Conceived in 1932; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 20 November 1986, lot 420.
Acquired by the present owner in the early 1990s.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 20 November 1986, lot 420.
Acquired by the present owner in the early 1990s.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (another cast illustrated pl. 110).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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