ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1507942
Lot 314 | ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Estimate value
180000USD $ 180 000 – 250 000
Symmetrical Torso
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 21 2' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1921 and cast in 1960
Provenance
Frances Archipenko Gray, Saugerties (wife of the artist).
Rachel Adler Gallery, New York (by 1991).
Helene Wasserman Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1993.
Literature
H. Hildebrandt, Alexandre Archipenko: Son oeuvre, Berlin, 1923, no. 21 (marble version illustrated; dated 1923).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 268, no. 137 (marble version illustrated, p. 269; dated 1922-1923 and titled Torse).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, www.archipenkocr.org, no. s.21-01-5677 (accessed 20 August 2025; illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Rachel Adler Gallery and Munich, Galerie Thomas, Alexander Archipenko: The Creative Process, November 1991-November 1992, no. 15 (illustrated).
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Crosscurrents: Americans in Paris, 1900-1940, February-March 1993, no. 3 (illustrated).
Further details
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
| Artist: | Alexander Porfiryovich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Alexander Porfiryovich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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