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Property from an Important Private Collector

Alexander Archipenko

Torso in Space

Lot Closed

November 19, 06:01 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collector

Alexander Archipenko

1887 - 1964

Torso in Space


Inscribed Archipenko and numbered 4/6F

Bronze

Length: 60 in. (153 cm)

Conceived in 1935-36; this large version conceived in terracotta in 1937 and cast in bronze in an edition of 6; this example cast by the artist's estate at the Sheidow Foundry, New York in 1968. 

Please note that this work was conceived in 1935-36; this large version conceived in terracotta in 1937 and cast in bronze in an edition of 6; this example cast by the artist's estate at the Sheidow Foundry, New York in 1968.
Estate of the artist
M.W. Getler, Cedar Grove, New Jersey (acquired from the above in 1968)
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
The Williams Collection (acquired from the above in 1978 and sold: Christie's, New York, November 7, 2002, lot 311)
Acquired at the above sale
Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, illustrations of other casts pls. 184-86
Donald H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, no. 52, illustrations of other casts p. 78
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tubingen, 1974, illustration of another cast p. 125 
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, nos. 73-74, illustrations of other casts p. 138
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, Themes and Variations 1908-1963, Daytona Beach, 1989, illustrations of another cast p. 67
Alexander Archipenko Foundation, Alexander Archipenko Catalogue Raisonné, 2018, fig. S.36-15B, no. 2396, http://archipenkocr.org/ (accessed on September 10, 2020)