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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2025 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Day Auction | 107 | $****** - ****** | Flat Torso |
sculpture
46.4 cm (18.25 in)
plaster
inscribed Archipenko
Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam
Thijs Rinsema, Assen (acquired by 1947)
F.J. Sandbergen, Amsterdam
Christie"s, Amsterdam, 19 March 1985, lot 713 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Ivan Goll, Archipenko , New York, 1920, p. 2, illustration of the marble version
Ivan Goll, Theodore Daubler and Blaise Cendrars, Archipenko Album , Potsdam, 1921, no. I, illustration of the bronze version on the cover
Hans Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko , Berlin, 1923, pl. 20, illustration of the marble version
Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises , New York, 1974, pl. 132, illustration of the bronze version
Katherine Janszky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908-1920 , New York, 1977, no. 549, illustration of another cast
Donald Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963 , Kentucky, 1985, no. 26a-c, pp. 74-75, illustrations of other casts
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches oeuvre , vol. II, Frankfurt, 1997, no. 59, p. 137, illustration of the marble version
Alexander Archipenko Foundation, ed., Alexander Archipenko Catalogue Raisonné , 2018, no. 3270, fig. S.14-02, http://archipenkocr.org/ (accessed on 1 May 2025)
Property from a Private Collection
Alexander Archipenko
1887 - 1964
Flat Torso
inscribed Archipenko
plaster
height: 18 ¼ in. 46.2 cm.
Conceived in 1914.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Frances Archipenko Gray.
