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Silver Torso
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Silver Torso
signed 'Archipenko' (on the back)
silver plated bronze
Height: 38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1931; this bronze version cast at a later date
Silver Torso
signed 'Archipenko' (on the back)
silver plated bronze
Height: 38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1931; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1993, lot 182.
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 (another cast illustrated, pl. 158).
E. Fezzi, Alexander Archipenko, I Maestri della scultura, Milan, 1966 (another cast illustrated in color, pl. XII).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 46 (another cast illustrated, pl. 108).
A. Schug, Art of the Twentieth Century, New York, 1969, p. 136 (smaller version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, pp. 128 and 134, no. 72 (another cast illustrated, pp. 136-137, figs. a and b).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. 2, p. 360, no. 199 (plaster version illustrated, p. 361).
E. Fezzi, Alexander Archipenko, I Maestri della scultura, Milan, 1966 (another cast illustrated in color, pl. XII).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, p. 114, no. 46 (another cast illustrated, pl. 108).
A. Schug, Art of the Twentieth Century, New York, 1969, p. 136 (smaller version illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, pp. 128 and 134, no. 72 (another cast illustrated, pp. 136-137, figs. a and b).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. 2, p. 360, no. 199 (plaster version illustrated, p. 361).
Sale room notice
Please note the correct medium of the present lot is silver plated bronze.
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