Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Walking Soldier
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Soldier
stamped with signature, dated and numbered 'ARCHIPENKO 1917 9/10 F' (on the front)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 45 ¾ in. (116.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast in 1969
Walking Soldier
stamped with signature, dated and numbered 'ARCHIPENKO 1917 9/10 F' (on the front)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 45 ¾ in. (116.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast in 1969
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Donald Karshan Gallery, New York.
The Cigna Museum and Art Collection, Philadelphia; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 November 2004, lot 351.
Millenia Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, December 2006.
Donald Karshan Gallery, New York.
The Cigna Museum and Art Collection, Philadelphia; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 November 2004, lot 351.
Millenia Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, December 2006.
Literature
I. Goll, T. Däubler and B. Cendrars, Archipenko, Potsdam, 1921, no. 26 (another cast illustrated).
M. Raynal, A. Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome, 1923, p. 14, no. 21 (another cast illustrated).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, p. 75, no. 19 (another cast illustrated in color).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko: International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 47, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, pl. 46).
K.J. Michaelsen, Alexander Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, Ph.D. Diss, Columbia University, New York, 1977, p. 195 (another cast illustrated, pl. S84).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 79, no. 34 (another cast illustrated, pp. 86-87).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Themes and Variations, 1908-1963, Daytona Beach, 1989, p. 78 (another cast illustrated, p. 79).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvres, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 188, no. 86 (another cast illustrated, p. 189).
M. Raynal, A. Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome, 1923, p. 14, no. 21 (another cast illustrated).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, p. 75, no. 19 (another cast illustrated in color).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko: International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 47, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, pl. 46).
K.J. Michaelsen, Alexander Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, Ph.D. Diss, Columbia University, New York, 1977, p. 195 (another cast illustrated, pl. S84).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 79, no. 34 (another cast illustrated, pp. 86-87).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Themes and Variations, 1908-1963, Daytona Beach, 1989, p. 78 (another cast illustrated, p. 79).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvres, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 188, no. 86 (another cast illustrated, p. 189).
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