Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Seated Concave
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Seated Concave
signed and dated 'Archipenko 1916' (on the right side of the base); numbered '4/6' (on the back of the base)
bronze with blue-green patina
Height: 19½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast during the artist's lifetime
Seated Concave
signed and dated 'Archipenko 1916' (on the right side of the base); numbered '4/6' (on the back of the base)
bronze with blue-green patina
Height: 19½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1916; this bronze version cast during the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1991, lot 163.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 144 (smaller terracotta version illustrated).