Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Property from a Distinguished West Coast Collection
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Kneeling Figure
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Kneeling Figure
signed 'Archipenko' (along the bottom edge)
polished terracotta
Height: 26½ in. (67.3 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1935; unique
Kneeling Figure
signed 'Archipenko' (along the bottom edge)
polished terracotta
Height: 26½ in. (67.3 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1935; unique
Provenance
Private collection, Philadelphia (acquired from the artist).
Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Inc., Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 1994.
Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Inc., Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 1994.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pl. 215 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Associated American Artists, Archipenko, 40 Years of Inventive Sculpture, May 1948, no. 14.
New York, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Thirteenth National Ceramic Exhibition, November-December 1948.
New York, Associated American Artists, Archipenko: Fifty Years of Production, October-November 1954, no. 61.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Figure in American Scupture, A Question of Modernity, February-April 1995.
New York, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Thirteenth National Ceramic Exhibition, November-December 1948.
New York, Associated American Artists, Archipenko: Fifty Years of Production, October-November 1954, no. 61.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Figure in American Scupture, A Question of Modernity, February-April 1995.
Sale Room Notice
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.