Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 8, 2020 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale | 539 | $****** - ****** | Turning Torso |
sculpture
71.1 cm (28 in)
bronze with brown patina
Estate of the artist.
Perls Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 20 October 1976, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Alexander Archipenko, 1967, no. 38 (illustrated, p. 50).
H. Hildebrandt, intro., Alexander Archipenko, Berlin, 1923, no. 28 (marble version illustrated; dated 1912 and titled Grey Torso).
E. Wiese, Alexander Archipenko, Leipzig, 1923, no. XV (marble version illustrated; dated 1922).
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960 (marble version illustrated, pl. 118; dated 1922).
P. Vogt, Das Museum Folkwang Essen, Cologne, 1965, no. 77 (another cast illustrated; dated 1922).
D.H. Karshan, ed., Archipenko: International Visionary, Washington, D.C., 1969, pp. 62 and 114, no. 38 (another cast illustrated, pl. 81).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 99 (marble version illustrated; dated 1922).
W. Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modernen Kunst, Berlin, 1980, p. 126 (another cast illustrated, no. 174).
H. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth and A. Heilmann, Alexander Archipenko: Werke von 1908 bis 1963 aus dem testamentarischen Vermächtnis, Saarbrücken, 1986, vol. I, p. 106, no. 46 (smaller version illustrated, p. 109).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches oeuvre, Frankfurt, 1997, vol. II, p. 252, no. 128 (another cast illustrated, p. 253).
