Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Property from the Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Conversation
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Conversation
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 4/12F' (on the right side)
bronze with green patina
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1936
Conversation
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 4/12F' (on the right side)
bronze with green patina
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1936
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 29 October 1970, lot 26.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 29 October 1970, lot 26.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
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, 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).
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