Lying Horizontal Figure 1957

ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964, Ukrainian)

Lying Horizontal Figure 1957

polychromed bronze
14.0 x 36.0 x 10.0 cm
inscribed: Archipenko 3
cast in 1957 in a lifetime edition of 6
A second, posthumous edition of twelve was cast by the estate of the artist in 1964.

edition: 3/6

Provenance:
The estate of the artist
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, United States, 1972
Donald Karshan, United States
Rachel Adler Gallery, United States
Private collection, South Africa
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 15 June 2005, lot 32
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Archipenko: Recent Polychromes, Perls Galleries, New York, 14 October - 9 November 1957, no.16 (another example)
Alexander Archipenko Bronzes, Perls Galleries, New York, 29 September - 24 October 1959, no.26 (another example)
Archipenko, Kunstmuseum der Stadt, Dusseldorf, 4 November - December 1960, no.61 (another example)
Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, UCLA Art Galleries, California, touring to Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California; Munson- Williams- Proctor Institute, New York; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Walker Art Centre, Minnesota; Washington University, Missouri; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Illinois, 1967 - 69, no.55 (illus. p.55)
Archipenko: The American Years, 1923 – 1963, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, 23 July - 15 August 1970, no.25 (illus. p.3)
Archipenko, The Paris Years, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, 16 January - 21 February 1971, no.39
Alexander Archipenko, Moderne Galerie des Saarland-Museums, Saarbrücken, 1986, no.93, p.195 (illus., another example)
Archipenko, Galeria Freites, Caracas, September - October 1991, p.30 (illus., another example)

Reference:
Archipenko, A., Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years 1908 - 1958, Tekhne, New York, 1960, pl.130
Karshan, D., Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Centre College, Kentucky, 1985, pl.90a and 90b
Barth, A., Alexander Archipekos plastisches Oeuvre, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, no.325

Estimate: $65000 - 85000

Result Hammer: $65,000