Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Standing Figure
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Standing Figure
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1916 4/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Standing Figure
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1916 4/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Literature
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, no. 17 (illustration of the terracotta).
Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 154 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, "Les Revolutions d'Alexandre Archipenko", Plaisir de France 40, July 1974, no. S. 109 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 109).
K. Janszky Michaelsen, "The Chronology of Archipenko's Paris Years", Arts Magazine, November 1976, no. S80 (terracotta version illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, Nw York, 1977, pp. 75-76 (another cast illustrated, pl. 80).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, vol. 2, p. 171, no. 76, (terracotta version illustrated).
Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 154 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, "Les Revolutions d'Alexandre Archipenko", Plaisir de France 40, July 1974, no. S. 109 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 109).
K. Janszky Michaelsen, "The Chronology of Archipenko's Paris Years", Arts Magazine, November 1976, no. S80 (terracotta version illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, Nw York, 1977, pp. 75-76 (another cast illustrated, pl. 80).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, vol. 2, p. 171, no. 76, (terracotta version illustrated).