Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the upcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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Woman Combing her Hair
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Woman Combing her Hair
signed 'Archipenko' (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '9/12 MODERN ART FDRY. N.Y.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast in 1961
Woman Combing her Hair
signed 'Archipenko' (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '9/12 MODERN ART FDRY. N.Y.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1914; this bronze version cast in 1961
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Kobacker, Columbus, Ohio.
Grosvenor Gallery, London.
Frieda Kittay Goldsmith, Palm Beach (acquired from the above, November 1970).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Grosvenor Gallery, London.
Frieda Kittay Goldsmith, Palm Beach (acquired from the above, November 1970).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
A.C. Ritchie, Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, New York, 1952, p. 138 (another cast illustrated).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pls. 145 and 146 (another cast and larger version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tubingen, 1975, pp. 33, 34 and 39 (another cast illustrated, p. 109).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908-1920, New York, 1977, pp. 70 and 71, no. S59 (larger version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 68, no. 28 (another cast illustrated, p. 76, no. 28a).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, pls. 145 and 146 (another cast and larger version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tubingen, 1975, pp. 33, 34 and 39 (another cast illustrated, p. 109).
K.J. Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908-1920, New York, 1977, pp. 70 and 71, no. S59 (larger version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, Kentucky, 1985, p. 68, no. 28 (another cast illustrated, p. 76, no. 28a).
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Sale room notice
Please note this work was cast in 1961.