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Lot 270 Property from a Private Chicago Collection

Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)

Egyptian Motif

Closed7 May 2009

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USD 23,750

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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Egyptian Motif
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 1917 6/12 F' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green patina
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast in 1966 by the estate of the artist

Estate of the artist.
Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago.
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, October 1975).
By descent from the above to the present owners.

Specialist note

The Archipenko Foundation will include this bronze in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.