Nov 15, 2023 11:00 EST

Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War Art & Contemporary Art

 
Lot 1023
 

1023

Alexander Archipenko

Ukrainian/American, 1887-1964
Flat Torso, modeled in 1914, cast in the artist's lifetime
Inscribed and dated ARCHIPENKO 1914
Polished bronze
Height 15 inches (38 cm); height with base 19 3/4 inches (50.2 cm)

Provenance:
Private collection, purchased directly from the artist in 1940
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1984, lot 375A
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, 1984
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York
Private collection, acquired from the above in March, 2006

Literature:
Other casts:
Goll, Ivan, Archipenko, Societe Anonyme, New York, 1920, pl., p. 2
Halle, Fannina W., Kandinsky, Archipenko, Chagall, In: Die Beldenden Kunste, vol. VI, no. 11/12, Vienna, 1920, pp. 177-187, pl. p. 181
Goll, Daubler and Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, pl. no. 1 (frontispiece)
Hildebrandt, Hans, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, 1923 (English, French, German and Ukrainian Edition), Buenos Aires: Editora Internacional, 1923 (Spanish Edition). pl. 20; see text p. 13
Wiese, Erich, Alexander Archipenko, Junge Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pp. 306-11, pl., p. 310
Raynal, Maurice, A. Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome: Editions de "Valori Plastici", 1923, p. 20
Schacht, Dr. Roland, Archipenko, Beiling und Westheim, Der Sturm, vol. 40, no. 5, May 1923, pp. 76-78, pl., p. 77
Westheim, Paul, Architektonik des Plastichen, Berlin, 1923, pl. 8a
Weise, Erich, Alexander Archipenko, Jahrbuch der Jungen Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pl. X; see text p. 8
Hildebrandt, Hans, Die Kunst des XIX and XX Jahrhunderts, Potsdam, 1924, pl., p. 486; see text p. 4441
Bullet, C. J. Apples & Modonnas, Chicago, Pascal Corici, 1927, p. 164, illus.
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, Von Material zu Architektur, Albert Langen Berlag, Munich

Please note: The condition report was updated at 1:00pm on November 11th.

Estimated at $60,000 - $80,000

 

Ukrainian/American, 1887-1964
Flat Torso, modeled in 1914, cast in the artist's lifetime
Inscribed and dated ARCHIPENKO 1914
Polished bronze
Height 15 inches (38 cm); height with base 19 3/4 inches (50.2 cm)

Provenance:
Private collection, purchased directly from the artist in 1940
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1984, lot 375A
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, 1984
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York
Private collection, acquired from the above in March, 2006

Literature:
Other casts:
Goll, Ivan, Archipenko, Societe Anonyme, New York, 1920, pl., p. 2
Halle, Fannina W., Kandinsky, Archipenko, Chagall, In: Die Beldenden Kunste, vol. VI, no. 11/12, Vienna, 1920, pp. 177-187, pl. p. 181
Goll, Daubler and Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, pl. no. 1 (frontispiece)
Hildebrandt, Hans, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, 1923 (English, French, German and Ukrainian Edition), Buenos Aires: Editora Internacional, 1923 (Spanish Edition). pl. 20; see text p. 13
Wiese, Erich, Alexander Archipenko, Junge Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pp. 306-11, pl., p. 310
Raynal, Maurice, A. Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome: Editions de "Valori Plastici", 1923, p. 20
Schacht, Dr. Roland, Archipenko, Beiling und Westheim, Der Sturm, vol. 40, no. 5, May 1923, pp. 76-78, pl., p. 77
Westheim, Paul, Architektonik des Plastichen, Berlin, 1923, pl. 8a
Weise, Erich, Alexander Archipenko, Jahrbuch der Jungen Kunst, vol. 40, 1923, pl. X; see text p. 8
Hildebrandt, Hans, Die Kunst des XIX and XX Jahrhunderts, Potsdam, 1924, pl., p. 486; see text p. 4441
Bullet, C. J. Apples & Modonnas, Chicago, Pascal Corici, 1927, p. 164, illus.
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, Von Material zu Architektur, Albert Langen Berlag, Munich

Please note: The condition report was updated at 1:00pm on November 11th.

Scattered smudges; some small spots of discoloration including a spot approximately one cm in diameter at the top of thigh on the back side, possibly water spots; few visible fingerprints on the surface; some small spots of patination loss at the upper right at front.

***REPORT UDPATED 11/11/2023 AT 1:00PM

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