Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this terracotta in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
Torse de femme
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Torse de femme
signed and dated 'Archipenko c 1948' (on the top of the base)
terracotta
Height: 24 1/8 in. (61.3 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1948
Torse de femme
signed and dated 'Archipenko c 1948' (on the top of the base)
terracotta
Height: 24 1/8 in. (61.3 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1948
Provenance
Harry Columbus-Isaacs, Chicago (circa 1948).
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Literature
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 478, no. 284 (another cast illustrated, p. 479).