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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, JAPAN
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Graceful Movement
Details
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Graceful Movement
signed 'Archipenko' (on the side of the base)
silver plated bronze
Height: 26 ¼ in. (66.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1923 and cast by 1950
Graceful Movement
signed 'Archipenko' (on the side of the base)
silver plated bronze
Height: 26 ¼ in. (66.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1923 and cast by 1950
Provenance
Roman Slobodian, New Jersey (acquired from the artist, until at least 1976).
Private collection, Richmond, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, London, 28 November 1989, lot 345.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1996, lot 188.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1997, lot 402.
Private collection, Richmond, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, London, 28 November 1989, lot 345.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1996, lot 188.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1997, lot 402.
Literature
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908- 1958, New York, 1960 (illustrated, pl. 195).
W. Schnel, Der Torso als Problem des Modernen Kunst, Berlin, 1980, no. 181 (another cast illustrated).
H. Schmoll, Alexander Archipenko, Saarbrücken, 1987, no. 50 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches OEuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 270, no. 138 (another cast illustrated, p. 271).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, www.archipenkocr.org, no. s.23-02 (accessed 8 October 2025; illustrated).
W. Schnel, Der Torso als Problem des Modernen Kunst, Berlin, 1980, no. 181 (another cast illustrated).
H. Schmoll, Alexander Archipenko, Saarbrücken, 1987, no. 50 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches OEuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 270, no. 138 (another cast illustrated, p. 271).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, www.archipenkocr.org, no. s.23-02 (accessed 8 October 2025; illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Anderson Galleries, Archipenko, 1928, no. 13.
New York, Associated American Artist Galleries, Archipenko, October-November 1954.
Philadelphia, University Museum, Ukrainian Heritage, August 1976, no. 3.
New York, Associated American Artist Galleries, Archipenko, October-November 1954.
Philadelphia, University Museum, Ukrainian Heritage, August 1976, no. 3.
Further details
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
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