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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)

Geometric Statuette

Price realised USD 74,500
Estimate
USD 30,000 – USD 50,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)

Geometric Statuette

Price realised USD 74,500
Closed: 5 May 2011
Price realised USD 74,500
Closed: 5 May 2011
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Geometric Statuette
signed, dated, numbered and inscribed 'Archipenko 1914 7/8F PARIS' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 27¼ in. (69.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast in 1968
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Simon Askin, Houston.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1980.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 135 (polychrome terracotta version illustrated; titled Statuette).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, New York, 1977, pp. 65-65 (plaster version illustrated, no. s51).
Sale Room Notice
Please note the casting date for the present sculpture:

Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast in 1968

Please note the property title for this lot should read "Property from an American Private Collection"

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