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Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF EDGAR M. BRONFMAN
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
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signed 'Archipenko' (on the front); inscribed 'A' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.5 cm.)
Length: 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1936; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist in 1969.
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signed 'Archipenko' (on the front); inscribed 'A' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 10 in. (25.5 cm.)
Length: 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1936; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist in 1969.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (terracotta version illustrated, pl. 216).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, pp. 139-140, nos. 75-76 (terracotta version illustrated in color, p. 140; another cast illustrated, p. 141).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Themes and Variations 1908-1963, Daytona Beach, 1989, p. 28 (terracotta version illustrated, p. 29).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, pp. 139-140, nos. 75-76 (terracotta version illustrated in color, p. 140; another cast illustrated, p. 141).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Themes and Variations 1908-1963, Daytona Beach, 1989, p. 28 (terracotta version illustrated, p. 29).
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