Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this bronze in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
Egyptian Motif
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Egyptian Motif
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1917 9/12 F' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green patina
Height: 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, by 1968
Egyptian Motif
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1917 9/12 F' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green patina
Height: 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, by 1968
Provenance
Kovler Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, January 1969.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, January 1969.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New
York, 1960, pls. 152-153 (earthenware version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 53 and pl.
57).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt,
1997, vol. II, p. 186, no. 85 (painted plaster version illustrated, p. 187).
York, 1960, pls. 152-153 (earthenware version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 53 and pl.
57).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt,
1997, vol. II, p. 186, no. 85 (painted plaster version illustrated, p. 187).
Exhibited
Chicago, Kovler Gallery, Archipenko, Content and Continuity 1908-1963, 1968, p. 50, no. 16 (illustrated).