Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Walking Soldier
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Soldier
signed, dated and numbered 'ARCHIPENKO 1917 2/10F' (on the left side)
bronze with brown-green patina
Height: 46 in. (116.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Walking Soldier
signed, dated and numbered 'ARCHIPENKO 1917 2/10F' (on the left side)
bronze with brown-green patina
Height: 46 in. (116.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1917; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1969.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1969.
Literature
B. Cendrars, T. Daubler and I. Goll, Archipenko, Potsdam, 1921, no. 26 (another cast illustrated).
M. Raynal, Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome, 1923, no. 21 (another cast illustrated).
A. Alexander, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, p. 75, no. 19 (another cast illustrated in color).
K.J. Michaelsen, Alexander Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977, pl. S84 (another cast illustrated).
D. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 79, no. 34 (another cast illustrated, pp. 86-87).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, no. 86 (another cast illustrated, p. 189).
M. Raynal, Archipenko avec 32 reproductions en phototypie, Rome, 1923, no. 21 (another cast illustrated).
A. Alexander, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years 1908-1958, New York, 1960, p. 75, no. 19 (another cast illustrated in color).
K.J. Michaelsen, Alexander Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977, pl. S84 (another cast illustrated).
D. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 79, no. 34 (another cast illustrated, pp. 86-87).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, no. 86 (another cast illustrated, p. 189).