Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Flat Torso
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Flat Torso
signed and dated 'Archipenko 1914' (on the top of the base)
silver-plated bronze
Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this silver-plated bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Flat Torso
signed and dated 'Archipenko 1914' (on the top of the base)
silver-plated bronze
Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this silver-plated bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Weintraub Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Kansas City, Missouri (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, Kansas City, Missouri (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
I. Goll, Archipenko, New York, 1920, p. 2 (another version illustrated).
I. Goll, T. Däubler and B. Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, Potsdam, 1921, no. 1 (another cast illustrated).
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, p. 13 (another cast illustrated, pl. 20).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (another cast illustrated, pls. 205-206).
A.E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture, Pioneers and Premises, New York, 1974, p. 112 (another cast illustrated, fig. 132).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 34 (another cast illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, 1977, p. 33, no. S49 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 58, no. 26 (another cast illustrated, pp. 74-75).
I. Goll, T. Däubler and B. Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, Potsdam, 1921, no. 1 (another cast illustrated).
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, p. 13 (another cast illustrated, pl. 20).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (another cast illustrated, pls. 205-206).
A.E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture, Pioneers and Premises, New York, 1974, p. 112 (another cast illustrated, fig. 132).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 34 (another cast illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, 1977, p. 33, no. S49 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 58, no. 26 (another cast illustrated, pp. 74-75).
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