Lot Essay
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
.jpg?w=1)
THE COLLECTION OF ALICE LAWRENCE
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Torso
Details
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964)
Walking Torso
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 63 6/8 F' (on the back leg)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Conceived in 1963; this bronze version cast in 1967 by the estate of the artist
Walking Torso
signed, dated and numbered 'Archipenko 63 6/8 F' (on the back leg)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Conceived in 1963; this bronze version cast in 1967 by the estate of the artist
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1991, lot 162.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1991, lot 162.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko, International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p. 115, no. 76 (another cast illustrated, p. 102, pl. 163).
W. Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modernen Plastik, Berlin, 1980, no. 180 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, p. 606, no. 351 (another cast illustrated, p. 607).
W. Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modernen Plastik, Berlin, 1980, no. 180 (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos Plastiches Oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, p. 606, no. 351 (another cast illustrated, p. 607).
Sale room notice
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.