ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Seated black torso, Conceived in 1909 and cast at a later date
Bronze, black patina
Height: 39 cm. (16 ½ in.)
With a letter of expertise from The Archipenko Foundation.
Provenance
- Perls Galleries, New York;
- Timothy Eaton (acquired from the above on 9 November 1958);
- Sale Sotheby’s New York, 4 May 2006, lot 343.
Literature
- Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1959, no. 41 (illustration of another cast titled Seated Female Nude);
- Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Perls Galleries, New York, 1959, no. 1 (illustration of another cast);
- Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 112 (illustration of another cast titled Black Seated Torso);
- Guy Habasque, Archipenko, in L’Oeil, 18 June 1961, illustration of another cast no. S.38 (titled Torse noir assise);
- Alexander Archipenko Bronzes (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1969-1970, no. 3 (illustration of another cast);
- Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, no. 98 (illustration of another cast);
- Donald Karshan, Les Révolutions d’Alexandre Archipenko, in Plaisir de France, no. 40, July 1974, illustration of another cast no. S.12 (titled Torse noir assise)
- Katherine Jánsky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908-1920, New York 1977, illustration of another cast no. S.29 (titled Seated Torso);
- Werner Schnell, Der Torso als Problem der Modern Plastik, Berlin 1980, no. 169 (illustration of another cast, titled Torse noir assise).