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The original terracotta version of this sculpture was executed in 1936; this bronze version was cast posthumously by the estate circa 1969.
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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Archipenko, A.
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signed and numbered 'Archipenko 2/12 F' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with green patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Width: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Depth: 7 in. (19.7 cm.)
Archipenko, A.
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signed and numbered 'Archipenko 2/12 F' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with green patina
Height: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Width: 11 in. (28 cm.)
Depth: 7 in. (19.7 cm.)
Provenance
David B. Findlay Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pl. 216 (another version illustrated).
D. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, nos. 75-76 (another version illustrated p. 40, and another cast illustrated p. 141).
D. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, nos. 75-76 (another version illustrated p. 40, and another cast illustrated p. 141).