Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Flat Torso
signed and dated 'ARCHIPENKO 1914' (on the front of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this polished bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Flat Torso
signed and dated 'ARCHIPENKO 1914' (on the front of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this polished bronze version cast in the artist's lifetime
I. Goll, Archipenko, New York, 1920, p. 2 (another version illustrated).
I. Goll, T. Däubler and B. Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, Potsdam, 1921, no. 1 (another cast illustrated on the frontispiece).
H. Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, p. 13 (another version illustrated, pl. 20).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (another cast illustrated, pls. 205-206).
A.E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture, Pioneers and Premises, New York, 1974, p. 112 (another cast illustrated, pl. 132).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 33 (another cast illustrated).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko, A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1921, New York, 1977, p. 34 (another cast illustrated, pl. 49).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 58, no. 26 (another version illustrated, pp. 74-75).
Specialist note
Frances Archipenko Gray has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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