Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)

Reclining Figure

Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Archipenko, A.
Reclining Figure
signed 'Archipenko' (lower right)
gouache and gold leaf on paperboard
9 x 30 in. (24.2 x 76.3 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of the artist.
Collection of Mrs. Davis (personal secretary to the artist.)
Jacob Weintraub Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1978).
Exhibited
Norfolk, Virginia, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Works by Alexander Archipenko, 1950.
San Paolo, Museu de Arte Modern de Sao Paulo, and Guatemala, Instituto Guatemalteco-Americano, Drawings of Archipenko, November 1952-May 1953, no. 2 (illustrated).
Darmstadt, Hessisches Lanesmuseum; Mannheim, Staddtische Kunsthalle; Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle; Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunstsammlungen, and Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, Alexander Archipenko, 1955, no. 78.

Lot Essay

Frances Archipenko Gray has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this gouache.