Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Property of a New York Estate
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Repose
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Repose
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko. 1911 4/8' (on the front of the base); inscribed 'E.N.2.' (on the back)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1911; this bronze version cast in 1964
Repose
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko. 1911 4/8' (on the front of the base); inscribed 'E.N.2.' (on the back)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1911; this bronze version cast in 1964
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the late owner, 1964.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (marble version illustrated, pl. 79; dated 1910).
D. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 39, no. 7 (another cast illustrated, p. 38, pl. 30).
D. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 39, no. 7 (another cast illustrated, p. 38, pl. 30).