Lot Essay
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Property from the Collection of Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Standing Figure
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Standing Figure
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1916 5/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast in 1968
Standing Figure
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1916 5/12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast in 1968
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, April 1969.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, April 1969.
Literature
H. Hildebrandt, intro., Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, no. 17 (faience version illustrated; dated 1917).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 154 (bronze version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tubingen, 1974, pp. 33 and 109 (another cast illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, New York, 1977, pp. 75 and 192-193, no. S80 (faience version illustrated; dated 1916-1917).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 73, no. 32 (another cast illustrated, p. 83).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, p. 170, no. 76 (faience version illustrated, p. 171).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 154 (bronze version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tubingen, 1974, pp. 33 and 109 (another cast illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, New York, 1977, pp. 75 and 192-193, no. S80 (faience version illustrated; dated 1916-1917).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 73, no. 32 (another cast illustrated, p. 83).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, p. 170, no. 76 (faience version illustrated, p. 171).