Lot 309
  • 309

Alexander Archipenko

Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Archipenko
  • Statuette
  • Inscribed Archipenko, dated 1915 and numbered 2/6
  • Bronze, red, brown patina
  • Height: 20 3/4 in.
  • 52.7cm

Provenance

Joan Whitney Payson
Charles Shipman Payson
Private Collection (inherited from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2005, lot 169)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Donald Karshan, Archipenko, the Sculpture and Graphic Art, , Tübingen, 1974, illustration of another cast p. 105
Katherine Janzsky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977, no. S69, p. 187, illustration of the painted terracotta 
Alexander Archipenko Erbe Werke von 1908 bis 1963 aus dem testamentarischen Vermächtis (exhibition catalogue), Moderne Galerie des Saarland-Museums, Saarbrücken, 1982, no. 31, illustration of the plaster p. 75

 

Condition

Very good condition. Two small spots of loss on figure's head; spot of discoloration on base.
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