ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
19.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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ID 1574416
Lot 249 | ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Estimate value
150000USD $ 150 000 – 250 000
Woman with Folded Arms
signed 'Archipenko' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'GUSS. HEINZE & BARTH.' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 ¾ in. (57.8 cm.)
Conceived and cast circa 1922
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1955.
Literature
E. Wiese, "Alexander Archipenko" in Junge Kunst, vol. 40, 1923 (another cast illustrated, pl. XIII; titled Stehende Frau).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Ph.D. diss., University of Trier, 1997, vol. 2, p. 264, no. 134 (another cast illustrated, p. 265).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné (www.archipenkocr.org), no. 4978 (another cast illustrated in color; accessed April 2026).
Exhibited
(possibly) Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt Gallery, Alexander Archipenko: Zehnte Retrospektive Ausstellung, Skulpturen, Skulptomalerei, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Lithographien, 1922, no. 14.
(possibly) Frankfurt, Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Alexander Archipenko: Eine retrospektive Ausstelung, 1922, no. 14.
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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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Alexander Porfiryovich Archipenko (1887 - 1964) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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