Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this bronze in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Reclining Nude
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Reclining Nude
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 22 5/10 F' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1922; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, 1970
Reclining Nude
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 22 5/10 F' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1922; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, 1970
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Donald Karshan, Port Orange, Florida.
Anon. sale, Christie's, Tel Aviv, 25 September 1994, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Donald Karshan, Port Orange, Florida.
Anon. sale, Christie's, Tel Aviv, 25 September 1994, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, no. 27 (marble version illustrated, pl. 27).
E. Wiese, "Alexander Archipenko," Junge Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pl. XVII (marble version illustrated).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pl. 29 (another cast illustrated in color).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, pp. 58 and 114, no. 42 (another cast illustrated, p. 59, pl. 71).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 79 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 120, no. 60 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 118-119).
E. Wiese, "Alexander Archipenko," Junge Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pl. XVII (marble version illustrated).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pl. 29 (another cast illustrated in color).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, pp. 58 and 114, no. 42 (another cast illustrated, p. 59, pl. 71).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 79 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 120, no. 60 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 118-119).